Miami
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editMiami
- Alternative form of Mayaimi
- 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
editTranslations
editcity in Florida, United States
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Etymology 2
editFrom Miami Myaamia, the endonym for the tribe in Miami-Illinois, an Algonquian language.
Noun
editMiami (plural Miamis or Miami)
- A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
- Miami University.
Translations
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editFurther reading
edit- Ethnologue entry for Miami, mia
Afrikaans
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Proper noun
editMiami
Finnish
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editMiami
Declension
editInflection of Miami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 | — | |
abessive | Miamitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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French
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editMiami f
Italian
editEtymology
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References
edit- ^ Miami in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Miami.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
editMiami
- Miami (a city in Florida, United States)
Slovak
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editMiami n
- Miami (a city in Florida, United States)
References
edit- “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, 2024
Spanish
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Categories:
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/æmi
- Rhymes:English/æmi/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Miami
- en:Cities in Florida, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:County seats of Florida, USA
- en:Places in Florida, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Oklahoma, USA
- en:County seats of Oklahoma, USA
- en:Places in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Cities in Texas, USA
- en:County seats of Texas, USA
- en:Places in Texas, USA
- en:Townships
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- English ellipses
- en:Lakes
- en:Rivers in Florida, USA
- en:Rivers in the United States
- English terms derived from Miami
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Languages
- en:Universities
- Afrikaans terms with audio links
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Miami
- af:Cities in Florida, USA
- af:Cities in the United States
- af:Places in Florida, USA
- af:Places in the United States
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Miami
- fi:Cities in Florida, USA
- fi:Cities in the United States
- fi:Places in Florida, USA
- fi:Places in the United States
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Miami
- fr:Cities in Florida, USA
- fr:Cities in the United States
- fr:Places in Florida, USA
- fr:Places in the United States
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛmi
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛmi/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Miami
- it:Cities in Florida, USA
- it:Cities in the United States
- it:Places in Florida, USA
- it:Places in the United States
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- pt:Miami
- pt:Cities in Florida, USA
- pt:Cities in the United States
- pt:Places in Florida, USA
- pt:Places in the United States
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak neuter nouns
- sk:Miami
- sk:Cities in Florida, USA
- sk:Cities in the United States
- sk:Places in Florida, USA
- sk:Places in the United States
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ami
- Rhymes:Spanish/ami/2 syllables
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Rhymes:Spanish/ami/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Miami
- es:Cities in Florida, USA
- es:Cities in the United States
- es:Places in Florida, USA
- es:Places in the United States