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Miami
//maɪˈæmi// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Mayaimi.; An extinct indigenous people of Florida.
- 2 Alternative form of Mayaimi.; An extinct language spoken by those people.
- 3 A placename:; A city, the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
"It may get even busier in town when a sleek train service called the Brightline debuts this summer, shuttling travelers between nearby West Palm Beach and Miami."
- 4 A placename:; A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
- 5 A placename:; A small city, the county seat of Roberts County, Texas.
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- 6 A placename:; A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.
- 7 A placename:; Ellipsis of Lake Miami, former name of Lake Okeechobee: a lake in Florida, the source of the Miami River. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 8 A placename:; A river in Miami-Dade County, Florida, flowing past the city of Miami; in full, Miami River.
Noun
- 1 A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
- 2 a member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan wordnet
- 3 Miami University.
Etymology
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.
Etymology 2
From Miami Myaamia, the endonym for the tribe in Miami-Illinois, an Algonquian language.
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