- 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)
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Mi•am•i
(mī am′ē, -am′ə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -am•is (esp. collectively) -am•i.
Mi•am•i (mī am′ē, -am′ə),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- Place Namestheir dialect of the Illinois language.
Mi•am•i (mī am′ē, -am′ə),USA pronunciation n.
- a city in SE Florida: seaside resort. 346,931.
- Also called Great Miami. a river in W Ohio, flowing S into the Ohio River. 160 mi. (260 km) long.
- Place Namesa city in NE Oklahoma. 14,237.
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Miami /maɪˈæmɪ/ n
'Miami' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Hialeah
- Miami Beach
- actual
- Biscayne Bay
- Carol City
- Coral Gables
- county
- Gold Coast
- Great Miami
- Hollywood
- Illinois
- Latinize
- Little Turtle
- Miami Springs
- Middletown
- North Miami
- North Miami Beach
- South Miami
- stay