Miami

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maɪˈæmi/ The Texas town is pronounced IPA(key): /maɪˈæmə/ 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 A river in Miami-Dade County, Florida, flowing past the city of Miami; in full, Miami River. 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) A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock. Miami University. ===== Translations ===== === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Miami terms === Further reading === Ethnologue entry for Miami, mia ⁠ == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Miami Miami (a city in Florida) == Finnish == === Etymology === From English Miami. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯.ɑmi/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯.ɑ̝mi] Rhymes: -ɑiɑmi Syllabification(key): Mi‧a‧mi Hyphenation(key): Mia‧mi === Proper noun === Miami Miami (a city in Florida) ==== Declension ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mi.ja.mi/, /ma.ja.mi/ === Proper noun === Miami f Miami (a city in Florida) == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Miami. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈjɛ.mi/ Rhymes: -ɛmi === Proper noun === Miami f Miami (a city in Florida) === References === === Anagrams === mimai == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Miami. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Miami ? Miami (a city in Florida, United States) == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /majami/, [ˈmajami] Rhymes: -ami === Proper noun === Miami n (indeclinable) Miami (a city in Florida, United States) === Further reading === “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, 2003–2026 == 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)