Miami.
Alternative form of Mayaimi.
Meaning & usage
Alternative form of Mayaimi. An extinct indigenous people of Florida.
Alternative form of Mayaimi. An extinct language spoken by those people.
A placename: A city, the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
A placename: A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
A placename: A small city, the county seat of Roberts County, Texas.
A placename: A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.
A placename: Ellipsis of Lake Miami, former name of Lake Okeechobee: a lake in Florida, the source of the Miami River.
A placename: A river in Miami-Dade County, Florida, flowing past the city of Miami; in full, Miami River.
Where this word comes from
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.
A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
Miami University.
Where this word comes from
From Miami Myaamia, the endonym for the tribe in Miami-Illinois, an Algonquian language.
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