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
- 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
Translations
city in Florida, United States
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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.
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Miami terms
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Miami, mia
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯ɑmi/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯ɑ̝mi]
- Syllabification(key): Mi‧a‧mi
Declension
| Inflection 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ja.mi/, /ma.ja.mi/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈjɛ.mi/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛmi
References
- Miami in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Portuguese
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmajami]
References
- “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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmjami/ [ˈmja.mi]
- Rhymes: -ami
- IPA(key): /maˈjami/ [maˈja.mi]
- Rhymes: -ami
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