Miami

English

Etymology 1

Named for the Miami River, from Mayaimi, one of only ten words recorded from the language of the now-extinct Mayaimi people.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪˈæmi/
• Rhymes: -æmi

Proper noun

Miami

1. A city, the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
2. Miami University.
3. A small city, the county seat of Roberts County, Texas.

Derived terms

• Miami Beach
• Miami County
• Miami-Dade County
• Miami-Dade

Translations

city in Florida, United States

• Arabic: مِيَامِي (miyamī)
• Bulgarian: Маями (Majami)
• Catalan: Miami
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迈阿密 (zh) (Maìāmì)

• Czech: Miami (cs)
• Danish: Miami
• Dutch: Miami (nl)
• Estonian: Miami (et)
• Finnish: Miami (fi)
• French: Miami (fr)
• German: Miami (de)
• Greek: Μαϊάμι (Maïámi)
• Hebrew: מיאמי
• Hungarian: Miami (hu)
• Italian: Miami (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: マイアミ (Maiami)
• Korean: 마이애미 (maiaemi)
• 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
• Turkish: Miami

Etymology 2

From 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.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Miami terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Miami, mia ⁠

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Miami

1. Miami (a city in Florida)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯ɑmi/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯ɑ̝mi]
• Hyphenation: Mi‧a‧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 — —

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ja.mi/

Proper noun

Miami f

1. Miami (a city in Florida)

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Miami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈjɛ.mi/, [mäˈjɛːmi]

Proper noun

Miami f

1. Miami (a city in Florida)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Miami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maj.ˈɐ.mi/

Proper noun

Miami f

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjami/ [ˈmja.mi]

Proper noun

Miami f

1. Miami (a city in Florida)