Miami (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural Mi·am·is, (especially collectively) Mi·am·i for 1.
  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.
noun
  1. a city in SE Florida: seaside resort.
  2. a river in W Ohio, flowing S into the Ohio River. 160 miles (260 km) long.
  3. a city in NE Oklahoma.
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)
Miami (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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