Definition of "Miami"

Alternative form of Mayaimi

1. an extinct indigenous people of Florida.  examples

2. an extinct language spoken by those people.  examples

A placename:

1. A city, the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida.  examples

2. A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.  examples

3. A small city, the county seat of Roberts County, Texas.  examples

4. A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.  examples

5. Ellipsis of Lake Miami.; Former name of Lake Okeechobee.; A lake in Florida, the source of the Miami River  examples

6. Ellipsis of Miami River.; A river in Miami-Dade County, Florida, a river flowing past the city of Miami, Dade.  examples

A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.  examples

Miami University.  examples