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

1. Alternative form of Mayaimi

   Synonyms: Mayaimi, Maimi, Mayimi, Maymi

   1. An extinct indigenous people of Florida.
   2. An extinct language spoken by those people.
2. A placename:
   1. A city, the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
   2. A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
   3. A small city, the county seat of Roberts County, Texas.
   4. A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.
   5. 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

   6. 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

• Lake Miami
• Miami Beach
• Miami County
• Miami-Dade
• Miami-Dade County
• Miami Gardens
• Miami River
• North Miami
• North Miami Beach

 

Translations

city in Florida, United States

• Arabic: مِيَامِي (miyamī)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَيَامي f (mayāmi)

• Bulgarian: Маями (Majami)
• Burmese: မိုင်ယာမီ (muing-yami)
• Catalan: Miami
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 邁阿密 / 迈阿密 (zh) (Mài'āmì)

• Czech: Miami (cs)
• Danish: Miami (da)
• Dutch: Miami (nl)
• Estonian: Miami (et)
• Finnish: Miami (fi)
• French: Miami (fr)
• German: Miami (de)
• Greek: Μαϊάμι (Maïámi)
• Haitian Creole: Miyami
• Hebrew: מיאמי
• Hungarian: Miami (hu)
• Italian: Miami (it)
• Japanese: マイアミ (Maiami)
• Korean: 마이애미 (maiaemi)
• Latin: Miamia f
• Latvian: Maiami
• Lithuanian: Majamis
• Norwegian: Miami
• Persian: میامی (miyâmi, mayâmi)
• Polish: Miami (pl) n
• Portuguese: Miami (pt) f
• Romanian: Miami
• Russian: Майа́ми (ru) (Majámi)
• Slovak: Miami
• Slovene: Miami
• Spanish: Miami (es)
• Swedish: Miami
• Thai: ไมแอมี (mai-ɛɛ-mii)
• Turkish: Miami

Etymology 2

From Miami Myaamia, the endonym for the tribe in Miami-Illinois, an Algonquian language.

Noun

Miami (plural Miamis or Miami)

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

Translations

indigenous people

• Miami: Myaamia
• Unami: Tuwèhtuwe

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Miami terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Miami, mia ⁠

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Miami

1. Miami (a city in Florida)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Miami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯.ɑmi/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯.ɑ̝mi]
• Rhymes: -ɑiɑmi
• Hyphenation^(key): Mia‧mi

Proper noun

Miami

1. Miami (a city in Florida)

Declension

Inflection of Miami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of Miami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Miamini — accusative nom. Miamini — gen. Miamini genitive Miamini — partitive Miamiani — inessive Miamissani — elative Miamistani — illative Miamiini — adessive Miamillani — ablative Miamiltani — allative Miamilleni — essive Miaminani — translative Miamikseni — abessive Miamittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Miamisi — accusative nom. Miamisi — gen. Miamisi genitive Miamisi — partitive Miamiasi — inessive Miamissasi — elative Miamistasi — illative Miamiisi — adessive Miamillasi — ablative Miamiltasi — allative Miamillesi — essive Miaminasi — translative Miamiksesi — abessive Miamittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Miamimme — accusative nom. Miamimme — gen. Miamimme genitive Miamimme — partitive Miamiamme — inessive Miamissamme — elative Miamistamme — illative Miamiimme — adessive Miamillamme — ablative Miamiltamme — allative Miamillemme — essive Miaminamme — translative Miamiksemme — abessive Miamittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Miaminne — accusative nom. Miaminne — gen. Miaminne genitive Miaminne — partitive Miamianne — inessive Miamissanne — elative Miamistanne — illative Miamiinne — adessive Miamillanne — ablative Miamiltanne — allative Miamillenne — essive Miaminanne — translative Miamiksenne — abessive Miamittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Miaminsa — accusative nom. Miaminsa — gen. Miaminsa genitive Miaminsa — partitive Miamiaan Miamiansa — inessive Miamissaan Miamissansa — elative Miamistaan Miamistansa — illative Miamiinsa — adessive Miamillaan Miamillansa — ablative Miamiltaan Miamiltansa — allative Miamilleen Miamillensa — essive Miaminaan Miaminansa — translative Miamikseen Miamiksensa — abessive Miamittaan Miamittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ja.mi/, /ma.ja.mi/

• Audio (Canada):

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Proper noun

Miami f

1. Miami (a city in Florida)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Miami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈjɛ.mi/
• Rhymes: -ɛmi

Proper noun

Miami f

1. Miami (a city in Florida)

Anagrams

• mimai

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Miami.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /majˈɐ̃.mi/ [maɪ̯ˈɐ̃.mi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /majˈɐ̃.mi/ [maɪ̯ˈɐ̃.mi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /majˈɐ.me/ [maɪ̯ˈɐ.me]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /majˈɐ.mi/

Proper noun

Miami

1. Miami (a city in Florida, United States)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmajami]

Proper noun

Miami n (genitive singular Miami)

1. Miami (a city in Florida, United States)

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, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjami/ [ˈmja.mi]
  • Rhymes: -ami
• IPA^(key): /maˈjami/ [maˈja.mi]
  • Rhymes: -ami

Proper noun

Miami f

1. Miami (a city in Florida)