Miami
/maɪˈæmi/noun
A major city in southeastern Florida, or the southeastern Florida region around it.
Did you know?The name Miami is from a Native American place-name recorded for the Myaamia people and related waterways, not from a Spanish or English invention.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Algonquian
PA
*meʔa·nəwa
“to be downstream / to go downstream”
Miami-Illinois
Algonquian
Myaamia
“the Miami people”
17th–18th Century
French
Miami
“a recorded form used for the people and places associated with them”
19th Century
English
Miami
“the Florida river, bay, and settlement name”
Modern English
English
Miami
“the city in Florida and its surrounding region”
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