a city and resort in SE Florida, on Biscayne Bay: developed chiefly after 1896, esp with the Florida land boom of the 1920s; centre of an extensive tourist area. Pop: 376 815 (2003 est)
Miami in American English1
(maiˈæmi, -ˈæmə)
nounWord forms: plural-amis or esp collectively -ami
1.
a member of a Native American tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe
2.
their dialect of the Illinois language
Miami in American English2
(maiˈæmi, -ˈæmə)
noun
1.
a city in SE Florida: seaside resort. 346,931
2. Also called: Great Miami
a river in W Ohio, flowing S into the Ohio River. 160 mi. (260 km) long