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name
Alternative form of Mayaimi.
An extinct indigenous people of Florida.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Mayaimi, Maimi, Mayimi, Maymi
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name
Alternative form of Mayaimi.
An extinct language spoken by those people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Mayaimi, Maimi, Mayimi, Maymi
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name
A placename:
A city, the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename:
A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
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name
A placename:
A small city, the county seat of Roberts County, Texas.
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name
A placename:
A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A placename:
Ellipsis of Lake Miami, former name of Lake Okeechobee: a lake in Florida, the source of the Miami River.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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Synonyms: Lake Mayaimi, Lake Maimi, Lake Mayimi, Lake Maymi
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name
A placename:
A river in Miami-Dade County, Florida, flowing past the city of Miami; in full, Miami River.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Mayaimi River, Maimi River, Mayimi River, Maymi River
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noun
A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
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noun
Miami University.
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noun
a city and resort in southeastern Florida on Biscayne Bay; the best known city in Florida; a haven for retirees and a refuge for Cubans fleeing Castro
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center, port of entry, point of entry
noun
a member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin
History
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.
From Miami Myaamia, the endonym for the tribe in Miami-Illinois, an Algonquian language.
Across languages
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