Miami: Meaning and Definition of

Mi•am•i

Pronunciation: (mī-am'ē, -am'u), [key]
— pl. -am•is -am•i.
  1. a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
  2. their dialect of the Illinois language.

Mi•am•i

Pronunciation: (mī-am'ē, -am'u), [key]
— n.
  1. a city in SE Florida: seaside resort. 346,931.
  2. a river in W Ohio, flowing S into the Ohio River. 160 mi. (260 km) long.
  3. a city in NE Oklahoma. 14,237.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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