noun
Miami
meye-A-mee
noun
1
A member of an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people originally from the Great Lakes region of North America.
"The Miami historically lived around present-day Indiana and Ohio."
How to Use Miami
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe name of both an Indigenous American people and (more commonly known) the Florida city named after them.
Word Forms
Miamis plural, Miami plural
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Etymology
From the tribe's own name for itself, Myaamia, in the Miami-Illinois language.