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Miami

1

[ mahy-am-ee, -am-uh ]

noun

plural Miamis, (especially collectively) Miami
  1. a member of an Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe, formerly located in northern Indiana and Illinois, southern Michigan, and possibly Wisconsin, now living primarily in Oklahoma.
  2. their dialect of the Illinois language.


adjective

  1. of or relating to the Miami or their language.

Miami

2

[ mahy-am-ee, -am-uh ]

noun

  1. a city in SE Florida: seaside resort.
  2. Also called Great Miami. a river in W Ohio, flowing S into the Ohio River. 160 miles (260 km) long.
  3. a city in NE Oklahoma.

Miami

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noun

  1. a city and resort in SE Florida, on Biscayne Bay: developed chiefly after 1896, esp with the Florida land boom of the 1920s; centre of an extensive tourist area. Pop: 376 815 (2003 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Miami

  1. Best-known city in Florida .
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Notes

Famed for its resort hotels.
Home of the largest Cuban population outside Cuba , many of them exiles from the regime of Fidel Castro .
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of Miami1

First recorded in 1690–1700; from French, from Illinois miamioua, myaamiwa “person from downstreamâ€
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In the third inning of Monday’s win over the Miami Marlins, Hernández broke hard for a line drive in the gap and stretched at full sprint to make the catch.

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Miami had the 33-year-old on their 'discovery list', meaning they were the only MLS team able to negotiate with him in the United States.

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Vice City's version of Miami's art deco, neon-lit beachfront appears in the trailer, as does the Grassrivers swampland, inspired by the Florida everglades.

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The charges relate to an alleged incident during a wider squad trip to the Eden Roc resort in Miami Beach in November of last year.

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In Miami, the 18-year-old for the first time showed a glimpse of the high potential Mercedes believed him to have, and which persuaded them to throw him in at the deep end this year.

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