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Miami

Pronunciation: /maɪˈæmi/

The English word “Miami” has 5 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An extinct indigenous people of Florida.
  2. An extinct language spoken by those people.
  3. A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.

noun

  1. A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
  2. Miami University.

Etymology

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.

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