Miami

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɪˈæmi/
  • Rhymes: -æmi

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

  1. Alternative form of Mayaimi
    Synonyms: Mayaimi, Maimi, Mayimi, Maymi
    1. an extinct indigenous people of Florida.
    2. an extinct language spoken by those people.
  2. A placename:
    1. A city, the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
    2. A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
    3. A small city, the county seat of Roberts County, Texas.
    4. A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.
    5. 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
    6. 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

Etymology 2

From Miami Myaamia, the endonym for the tribe in Miami-Illinois, an Algonquian language.

Noun

Miami (plural Miamis or Miami)

  1. A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
  2. Miami University.
Translations

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Miami terms

Further reading


Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Miami

  1. Miami (a city in Florida)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Miami.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯ɑmi/, [ˈmɑi̯ɑmi]
  • Syllabification(key): Mi‧a‧mi

Proper noun

Miami

  1. Miami (a city in Florida)

Declension

Inflection of Miami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
instructive
abessive Miamitta
comitative
Possessive forms of Miami (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Miamini Miamimme
2nd person Miamisi Miaminne
3rd person Miaminsa

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.ja.mi/, /ma.ja.mi/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Miami f

  1. Miami (a city in Florida)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Miami.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈjɛ.mi/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛmi

Proper noun

Miami f

  1. Miami (a city in Florida)

References

  1. Miami in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams


Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Miami.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /majˈɐ̃.mi/ [maɪ̯ˈɐ̃.mi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /majˈɐ.me/ [maɪ̯ˈɐ.me]

Proper noun

Miami

  1. Miami (a city in Florida, United States)

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmajami]

Proper noun

Miami n (genitive singular Miami)

  1. Miami (a city in Florida, United States)

References

  • Miami in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmjami/ [ˈmja.mi]
    • Rhymes: -ami
  • IPA(key): /maˈjami/ [maˈja.mi]
    • Rhymes: -ami

Proper noun

Miami f

  1. Miami (a city in Florida)
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