# Miami
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɪˈæmi/
** The Texas town is pronounced IPA: /maɪˈæmə/
* Rhymes: -æmi

### Etymology 1

From Mayaimi, one of only ten words recorded from the language of the now-extinct Mayaimi people, meaning "big water", referring to the large lake on whose shores they lived, alternately called Lake Miami, Lake Mayimi, Lake Maymi, Lake Maimi; now called Lake Okeechobee. The Florida city is named for the Miami River. The river is named for its source, Lake Miami.

#### Proper noun

Miami
* Alternative form of Mayaimi
    Synonyms: Mayaimi, Maimi, Mayimi, Maymi
** An extinct indigenous people of Florida.
** An extinct language spoken by those people.
* A placename:
** A city, the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
** A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
** A small city, the county seat of Roberts County, Texas.
** A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.
** Ellipsis of Lake Miami.; Former name of Lake Okeechobee.; A lake in Florida, the source of the Miami River.
    Synonyms: Lake Mayaimi, Lake Maimi, Lake Mayimi, Lake Maymi
** Ellipsis of Miami River.; A river in Miami-Dade County, Florida, a river flowing past the city of Miami, Dade.
    Synonyms: Mayaimi River, Maimi River, Mayimi River, Maymi River

##### Derived terms

* Lake Miami
* Miami Beach
* Miami County
* Miami-Dade
* Miami-Dade County
* Miami English
* Miami Gardens
* Miami River
* North Miami
* North Miami Beach

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

Miami (plural Miamis or Miami)
* A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
* Miami University.

##### Translations
### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Miami terms

### Further reading

* Ethnologue entry for Miami, mia ⁠

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Miami
* Miami (a city in Florida)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Miami.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑi̯.ɑmi/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯.ɑ̝mi]
* Rhymes: -ɑiɑmi
* Hyphenation: Mia‧mi

### Proper noun

Miami
* Miami (a city in Florida)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Miami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Miamini
accusative
nom.
Miamini
gen.
Miamini
genitive
Miamini
partitive
Miamiani
inessive
Miamissani
elative
Miamistani
illative
Miamiini
adessive
Miamillani
ablative
Miamiltani
allative
Miamilleni
essive
Miaminani
translative
Miamikseni
abessive
Miamittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Miamisi
accusative
nom.
Miamisi
gen.
Miamisi
genitive
Miamisi
partitive
Miamiasi
inessive
Miamissasi
elative
Miamistasi
illative
Miamiisi
adessive
Miamillasi
ablative
Miamiltasi
allative
Miamillesi
essive
Miaminasi
translative
Miamiksesi
abessive
Miamittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Miamimme
accusative
nom.
Miamimme
gen.
Miamimme
genitive
Miamimme
partitive
Miamiamme
inessive
Miamissamme
elative
Miamistamme
illative
Miamiimme
adessive
Miamillamme
ablative
Miamiltamme
allative
Miamillemme
essive
Miaminamme
translative
Miamiksemme
abessive
Miamittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Miaminne
accusative
nom.
Miaminne
gen.
Miaminne
genitive
Miaminne
partitive
Miamianne
inessive
Miamissanne
elative
Miamistanne
illative
Miamiinne
adessive
Miamillanne
ablative
Miamiltanne
allative
Miamillenne
essive
Miaminanne
translative
Miamiksenne
abessive
Miamittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Miaminsa
accusative
nom.
Miaminsa
gen.
Miaminsa
genitive
Miaminsa
partitive
Miamiaan Miamiansa
inessive
Miamissaan Miamissansa
elative
Miamistaan Miamistansa
illative
Miamiinsa
adessive
Miamillaan Miamillansa
ablative
Miamiltaan Miamiltansa
allative
Miamilleen Miamillensa
essive
Miaminaan Miaminansa
translative
Miamikseen Miamiksensa
abessive
Miamittaan Miamittansa
instructive
comitative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mi.ja.mi/, /ma.ja.mi/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Proper noun

Miami f
* Miami (a city in Florida)

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Miami.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈjɛ.mi/
* Rhymes: -ɛmi

### Proper noun

Miami f
* Miami (a city in Florida)

### References

* ↑ Miami in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* mimai

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Miami.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /majˈɐ̃.mi/ [maɪ̯ˈɐ̃.mi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /majˈɐ̃.mi/ [maɪ̯ˈɐ̃.mi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /majˈɐ.me/ [maɪ̯ˈɐ.me]
* (Portugal) IPA: /majˈɐ.mi/

### Proper noun

Miami
* Miami (a city in Florida, United States)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmajami]

### Proper noun

Miami n (genitive singular Miami)
* Miami (a city in Florida, United States)

### References

* “Miami”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmjami/ [ˈmja.mi]
** Rhymes: -ami
* IPA: /maˈjami/ [maˈja.mi]
** Rhymes: -ami

### Proper noun

Miami f
* Miami (a city in Florida)