ami

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proper noun

A town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

ami1

nounami (plural amis)

plural amis

  1. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of amigurumi.

    Weaving in ends is easy on little ami pieces.

    2011, Ana Paula Rímoli, Amigurumi Toy Box: Cute Crocheted Friends, page 77
    2 more examples

    In this pattern, you will be making little amis and working in a lot of slip stitches.

    2010, Twinkie Chan, Twinkie Chan's Crochet Goodies for Fashion Foodies, page 40

    And if you — or the recipient of your ami if you're gifting it — have a wool allergy, avoid wool or wool-blend yarns.

    2010, June Gilbank, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Amigurumi, page 12

AMI2

nounAMI (plural AMIs)

plural AMIs

  1. abbreviationinitialismcardiologyInitialism of acute myocardial infarction.
  2. abbreviationinitialismanatomyInitialism of agonist-antagonist myoneural interface.
    1. abbreviationellipsisanatomyEllipsis of AMI amputation.
  3. USabbreviationinitialismpublic policyeconomicsInitialism of area median income.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismmediaInitialism of American Media Inc..

    As Bezos describes it, AMI threatened to publish the photos if Bezos failed to make a public statement that he had “no knowledge or basis for suggesting that AMI’s coverage was politically motivated or influenced by political forces.”

    2019 February 11, Quinta Jurecic, “A Turning Point for Sextortion”, in The Atlantic

Ami3

proper noun
  1. A town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

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Origin

  1. Japanese編み包み
  2. Englishami

From a clipping of amigurumi, itself from Japanese 編み包み (amigurumi).

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APA

ami. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ami

MLA

“ami.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ami. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ami,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ami.

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