Miami
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Mayaimi, one of only ten words recorded from the language of the now-extinct Mayaimi people, meaning "big water", referring to the large lake on whose shores they lived, alternately called Lake Miami, Lake Mayimi, Lake Maymi, Lake Maimi; now called Lake Okeechobee. The Florida city is named for the Miami River. The river is named for its source, Lake Miami.
Proper noun
Miami
- Alternative form of Mayaimi
- An extinct indigenous people of Florida.
- An extinct language spoken by those people.
- A placename:
- A city, the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
- A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
- A small city, the county seat of Roberts County, Texas.
- A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.
- Ellipsis of Lake Miami.; Former name of Lake Okeechobee.; A lake in Florida, the source of the Miami River.
- Synonyms: Lake Mayaimi, Lake Maimi, Lake Mayimi, Lake Maymi
- Ellipsis of Miami River.; A river in Miami-Dade County, Florida, a river flowing past the city of Miami, Dade.
- Synonyms: Mayaimi River, Maimi River, Mayimi River, Maymi River
Derived terms
Translations
city in Florida, United States
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Etymology 2
From Miami Myaamia, the endonym for the tribe in Miami-Illinois, an Algonquian language.
Noun
Miami (plural Miamis or Miami)
- A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
- Miami University.
Translations
See also
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Miami, mia
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Miami
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Miami
Declension
| Inflection of Miami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Miami | — | |
| genitive | Miamin | — | |
| partitive | Miamia | — | |
| illative | Miamiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Miami | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Miami | — |
| gen. | Miamin | ||
| genitive | Miamin | — | |
| partitive | Miamia | — | |
| inessive | Miamissa | — | |
| elative | Miamista | — | |
| illative | Miamiin | — | |
| adessive | Miamilla | — | |
| ablative | Miamilta | — | |
| allative | Miamille | — | |
| essive | Miamina | — | |
| translative | Miamiksi | — | |
| abessive | Miamitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Miami f
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Miami f
References
- ^ Miami in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Miami.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Miami
- Miami (a city in Florida, United States)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Miami n (genitive singular Miami)
- Miami (a city in Florida, United States)
References
- “Miami”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Miami f