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Miami

1 American  
[mahy-am-ee, -am-uh] / maɪˈæm i, -ˈæm ə /

noun

plural

Miamis,

plural

Miami

  1. a member of an Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe, formerly located in northern Indiana and Illinois, southern Michigan, and possibly Wisconsin, now living primarily in Oklahoma.

  2. their dialect of the Illinois language.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Miami or their language.

Miami 2 American  
[mahy-am-ee, -am-uh] / maɪˈæm i, -ˈæm ə /

noun

  1. a city in SE Florida: seaside resort.

  2. Also called Great Miami.  a river in W Ohio, flowing S into the Ohio River. 160 miles (260 km) long.

  3. a city in NE Oklahoma.

Miami British  
/ maɪˈæmɪ /

noun

  1. a city and resort in SE Florida, on Biscayne Bay: developed chiefly after 1896, esp with the Florida land boom of the 1920s; centre of an extensive tourist area. Pop: 376 815 (2003 est)

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Miami Cultural  

  1. Best-known city in Florida.

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Famed for its resort hotels.

Home of the largest Cuban population outside Cuba, many of them exiles from the regime of Fidel Castro.

Other Word Forms

  • Miamian noun

Etymology

Origin of Miami

First recorded in 1690–1700; from French, from Illinois miamioua, myaamiwa “person from downstream”

Example Sentences

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The bots already operate in Chicago, Miami and Helsinki, Finland.

From Los Angeles Times

Ken Griffin relocated himself and the headquarters of his Citadel hedge fund from Chicago to Miami.

From The Wall Street Journal

He netted from the penalty spot in the 2-1 win, with Santiago Morales scoring Miami's other goal.

From BBC

Inter Miami had opened the scoring in the 16th minute with a goal from fellow Argentine Santi Morales.

From Barron's

Consuegra was among a group of supporters who held a vigil in Little Havana in Miami on Thursday for the men who were killed and injured.

From The Wall Street Journal

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