Etymology

Miami

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Today it means: A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock. Full definition →

Miami Myaamia
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Miami · proper noun1

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.

Miami · noun2

  1. Miami · derived fromMyaamia
  2. English todayMiami

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

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