Meanings
Tamiami1
- A town in Florida
- The Tamiami Trail
Holonym: U.S. Route 41
Tamiami2
- The Tamiami Formation
Holonym: Okeechobee
1 more example
“The Tamiami’ is also correlative with the middle and upper beds of the Duplin Formation of southern North Carolina…”
2021 July 9, Edward J. Petuch, David P. Berschauer, Ancient Seas of Southern Florida: The Geology and Paleontology of the Everglades Region, 2 edition, Boca Raton: CRC Press, →DOI, →ISBN - The Tamiami Subsea
- no pluralThe time at which the Tamiami Formation was formed; the Piacenzian, late blancan
Synonyms: Piacenzian
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to the Tamiami Formation or the Tamiami Subsea
”The final two Tamiami refloodings are indicative of…”
2021 July 9, Edward J. Petuch, David P. Berschauer, Ancient Seas of Southern Florida: The Geology and Paleontology of the Everglades Region, 2 edition, Boca Raton: CRC Press, →DOI, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe time at which the Tamiami Formation was formed; the Piacenzian, late blancan
Origin
Tamiami · proper noun
From the Tamiami Trail, a portmanteau of the endpoints, Tampa and Miami. * Tampa from the Calusa settlement Tanpa, of unknown origin. * Miami from the Calusa word Mayaimi (Lake Okeechobee); derived from Calusa mayai + -mi from Proto-Tunica *mayai and *-mi respectively.
Full word history & related roots →Tamiami · proper noun, noun, adjective
From the Tamiami Formation, derived from the Tamiami Trail.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Tamiami. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tamiami
“Tamiami.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tamiami. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tamiami,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tamiami.
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