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Miami
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English
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Pronunciation
en /maɪˈæmi/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Miami.wav Southern England
The Texas town is pronounced en /maɪˈæmə/
en æmi 3
Etymology 1
en :bor mia:<alt:Mayaimi>
From Mayaimi, one of only ten words recorded from the language of the now-extinct en 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 en Lake Okeechobee. The Florida city is named for the en Miami River (Florida) Miami River. The river is named for its source, Lake Miami.
Proper noun
en Mayaimi.
en Mayaimi Maimi Mayimi Maymi
An extinct indigenous people of Florida.
An extinct language spoken by those people.
A placename:
en Q8652en city/county seat co/Miami-Dade County s/Florida. TopoZone: Miami, Florida
en Hannah Seligson Where to get hip in Palm Beach w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/palm-beach-best-spots-2017 2017-03-01 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251211042242/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/palm-beach-best-spots-2017 11 December 2025
en Rebecca Wallwork Which South Florida airport should I fly into? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/which-south-florida-airport 2020-01-07 Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International and Palm Beach International are solid choices if your final destination is north of Miami city limits. https://web.archive.org/web/20260317225413/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/which-south-florida-airport 17 March 2026
en city/county seat co/Ottawa County s/Oklahoma.
en small city/county seat co/Roberts County s/Texas.
en A number of <<townships>> in the United States, including five in <<s/Ohio>>, listed under Miami Township.
en @ellipsis of:Lake Miami @former name of:Lake Okeechobee lake s/Florida the source of the Miami River.
en Lake Mayaimi Lake Maimi Lake Mayimi Lake Maymi
en river co/Miami-Dade County s/Florida flowing past the city of Miami Miami River.
en Mayaimi River Maimi River Mayimi River Maymi River
Derived terms
en Miami English Miami Beach Miami freestyle Miami County Miami-Dade County Miami-Dade Miamian Miamisburg Miami Gardens Miami River Miami vice Lake Miami North Miami North Miami Beach South Miami
Translations
city in Florida, United States
Arabic: ar مِيَامِي miyamī
Hijazi Arabic: acw مَيَامي f mayāmi
Bulgarian: bg Маями
Burmese: my မိုင်ယာမီ
Catalan: ca Miami
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 邁阿密
Czech: cs Miami
Danish: da Miami
Dutch: nl Miami
Estonian: et Miami
Finnish: fi Miami
French: fr Miami
German: de Miami
Greek: el Μαϊάμι
Haitian Creole: ht Miyami
Hebrew: he מיאמי
Hungarian: hu Miami
Italian: it Miami
Japanese: ja マイアミ Maiami
Korean: ko 마이애미
Latin: la Miamia f
Latvian: lv Maiami
Lithuanian: lt Majamis
Norwegian: no Miami
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Маями m
Persian: fa میامی miyâmi, mayâmi
Polish: pl Miami n
Portuguese: pt Miami f
Romanian: ro Miami
Russian: ru Майа́ми
Scots: sco Miami
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Мајами m
Slovak: sk Miami
Slovene: sl Miami
Spanish: es Miami
Swedish: sv Miami
Thai: th ไมแอมี mai-ɛɛ-mii
Turkish: tr Miami
References
Etymology 2
From en mia Myaamia, the endonym for the tribe in Miami-Illinois, an Algonquian language.
Noun
s *
A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
Miami University.
Translations
indigenous people
Miami: mia Myaamia
Unami: unm Tuwèhtuwe
See also
mia
Further reading
mia
en Languages Universities
Afrikaans
af:
Etymology
af :ubor en:Miami
af en Miami.
Pronunciation
af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Miami.wav
Proper noun
af proper noun
af Miami Q8652
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
fi :ubor en:Miami
fi en Miami.
Pronunciation
maiami Mi.a.mi
Proper noun
fi Miami Q8652
Declension
Miam a sg
French
fr:
Etymology
fr :ubor en:Miami
fr en Miami.
Pronunciation
Millami Maïami
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-Miami.wav <<Canada>> (<<Shawinigan>>)
Proper noun
f
fr Miami Q8652
Italian
it:
Etymology
it :ubor en:Miami
it en Miami.
Pronunciation
Maièmi<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
f
it Miami Q8652
References
Anagrams
it aiimm mimai
Portuguese
pt:
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Miami + 1
Pronunciation
Maiame Maiâmi
Proper noun
pt Miami Q8652
Slovak
sk:
Etymology
sk :ubor en:Miami + 1
Pronunciation
majami 1
Proper noun
n 1
sk Miami Q8652
Further reading
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :ubor en:Miami + 1
Pronunciation
Mihami Ma.iami
Proper noun
f
es Miami Q8652