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Miami1 definition

Mi·ami (mī am′ē, -ə)

noun

  1. pl. Miamis Mi·am′is or Miami Mi·am′i a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Indiana and nearby areas, that emigrated in the 19th cent. to Oklahoma
  2. the Algonquian language of this people

Etymology: Fr < Illinois miamioua

Miami2 definition

Mi·ami (mī am′ē, -ə)

city on the SE coast of Fla.: pop. 362,000

Etymology: < Sp Mayaimi, name for Lake Okeechobee, infl. by name of the Miami Indian people

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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