Miami
pronunciation
How to pronounce Miami in British English:
UK [maɪ'æmɪ]
How to pronounce Miami in American English:
US [maɪ'æmɪ]
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- Noun:
- a member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan
- a city and resort in southeastern Florida on Biscayne Bay; the best known city in Florida; a haven for retirees and a refuge for Cubans fleeing Castro
Word Origin
- Miami
- place name in U.S.; the one in Florida is of unknown origin, attested in Spanish as Maymi (1566), Mayaimi (1575). The one in Ohio is from the Miami, native people there, attested from 18c., apparently from a native word /myaamiwa "downstream person."
Example
- 1. Saladrigas remembers happy times in their little miami house .
- 2. Miami has been crushed by the housing collapse .
- 3. Ronaldo has homes in los angeles and miami .
- 4. Instead , in 1962 his parents came to miami .
- 5. Miami 's resurgence is being driven more by global than local forces .