Miami

English

Etymology 1

Named for the Miami River, from Mayaimi, one of only ten words recorded from the language of the now-extinct Mayaimi people.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɪˈæmi/
  • Rhymes: -æmi

Proper noun

Miami

  1. A city in Florida, and the county seat of Miami-Dade County.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Myaamia, the endonym for the tribe in Miami-Illinois, an Algonquian language.

Noun

Miami (plural Miamis or Miami)

  1. A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.

See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Miami terms

Further reading


Afrikaans

Proper noun

Miami

  1. Miami (a city in Florida)

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑiɑmi/
  • Hyphenation: Mia‧mi

Proper noun

Miami

  1. Miami (a city in Florida)

Declension

Inflection of Miami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Miami
genitive Miamin
partitive Miamia
illative Miamiin
singular plural
nominative Miami
accusative nom. Miami
gen. Miamin
genitive Miamin
partitive Miamia
inessive Miamissa
elative Miamista
illative Miamiin
adessive Miamilla
ablative Miamilta
allative Miamille
essive Miamina
translative Miamiksi
instructive
abessive Miamitta
comitative

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.ja.mi/

Proper noun

Miami f


Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Miami.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈjɛ.mi/, [mäˈjɛːmi]

Proper noun

Miami f

  1. Miami (a city in Florida)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Miami.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maj.ˈɐ.mi/

Proper noun

Miami f

  1. Miami (a city in Florida, United States)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈami/

Proper noun

Miami f

  1. Miami (a city in Florida)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.