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
- Alternative form of Mayaimi
- Synonyms: Mayaimi, Maimi, Mayimi, Maymi
- 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
- Lake Miami
- Miami Beach
- Miami County
- Miami-Dade
- Miami-Dade County
- Miami River
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
indigenous people
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See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Miami terms
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Miami, mia
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Miami
- Miami (a city in Florida)
Finnish
Etymology
From English Miami.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯ɑmi/, [ˈmɑi̯ɑmi]
- Syllabification(key): Mi‧a‧mi
Proper noun
Miami
- 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/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Proper noun
Miami f
- Miami (a city in Florida)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Miami.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈjɛ.mi/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛmi
Proper noun
Miami f
- Miami (a city in Florida)
References
- Miami in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- mimai
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Miami.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /majˈɐ̃.mi/ [maɪ̯ˈɐ̃.mi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /majˈɐ.me/ [maɪ̯ˈɐ.me]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /majˈa.mi/
Proper noun
Miami
- Miami (a city in Florida, United States)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmajami]
Proper noun
Miami n (genitive singular Miami)
- 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
- Miami (a city in Florida)