Miami

Meanings

1. Alternative form of Mayaimi.
2. An extinct indigenous people of Florida.
3. An extinct language spoken by those people.
4. A placename:
5. A city, the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
6. A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
7. A small city, the county seat of Roberts County, Texas.
8. A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.
9. Ellipsis of Lake Miami, former name of Lake Okeechobee: a lake in Florida, the source of the Miami River.
10. A river in Miami-Dade County, Florida, flowing past the city of Miami; in full, Miami River.

1. A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
2. Miami University.

Etymology

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.