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proper nounPlural Miamismʌɪˈamimaɪˈæmi A city and port in south-eastern Florida; population 413,201 (est. 2008). Its subtropical climate and miles of beaches make this and the resort island of Miami Beach, separated from the mainland by Biscayne Bay, a year-round holiday resort. 迈阿密（佛罗里达州东南部沿海港市，2008年估计人口413, 201；亚热带气候和绵延数英里的海滩使迈阿密和名为迈阿密滩的度假岛成为常年旅游胜地）
Rhymeschamois, clammy, gammy, Grammy, hammy, jammy, mammae, mammee, ramie, rammy, Sammy, shammy, whammy nounPlural Miamis mʌɪˈamimaɪˈæmi 1A member of a North American people formerly living mainly in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin and more recently inhabiting areas of Ohio, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Example sentencesExamples - By the spring of 1774, the French in the area conspired against the Miamis and decided they deserved full control over the portage.
- Though the Kickapoo tribe sold the land to the federal government in 1815, the Miamis argued that the area really wasn't theirs to sell: the Miamis already owned it.
- De la Balme's raid also seems to have reawakened the Miamis to the very real dangers posed by the American rebels and French Creoles at Vincennes, not only to their goods, but also to their lives.
- Among the tribes represented were Delawares, Iroquois, Wyandots, Miamis, Ottawas, Pottawattamies, Creeks, Sac and Fox, Choctaw.
- Beaubien also rallied the Miamis and traveled with them and the British Lieutenant Governor of Canada, Henry Hamilton, in their attack on Vincennes and Virginian forces in 1778.
- The British intended for the Miamis to carry freely across the portage, charging what the market could bear.
- Several tribes, especially the Cherokees and Creeks in the South and the Shawnees, Kickapoos, Miamis, and others north of the Ohio River, held substantial military power.
- When de la Balme promised the Creoles a quick remedy and targeted a scapegoat, Charles Beaubien, the British agent to the Miamis, they received him as ‘the Messiah.’
- Though the American presence diminished the power of the Miamis in 1795, Richardville's Kekionga maintained its economic and political sovereignty until the Treaty of Ghent, 1814.
- Short of turning all the Miamis in the country into Cicelys, it just isn't going to happen in any short order.
- The Miamis never expected a renegade like de la Balme.
- Captain Lismahago's encounter with the Miamis and his period of temporary residence with them brings the unstable imperial experience into the centre of the Bramble party travelling through Britain.
- He had not only married into one of the most hostile tribes of the Great Lakes, the Miamis, but he had also led numerous Indian raids against settlements along the Ohio River and in the Illinois country.
- The attack the Miamis feared from Vincennes, however, never came.
- The Miamis returned Beaubien's goods to his warehouse.
2mass noun The dialect of Illinois formerly spoken by the Miami but now extinct.
adjective mʌɪˈamimaɪˈæmi Relating to the Miami or their language. Example sentencesExamples - She turned on the news, which was currently the local news, and watched in disgust as she watched a story about a Miami tribe of Indians wanting to sue a bunch of Illinois land owners for something they didn't do.
OriginFrench, from Illinois (a North American Indian language). proper nounmaɪˈæmimīˈamē A city and port in southeastern Florida; population 413,201 (est. 2008). Its subtropical climate and miles of beaches make this and the resort island of Miami Beach, separated from the mainland by Biscayne Bay, a year-round holiday resort. 迈阿密（佛罗里达州东南部沿海港市，2008年估计人口413, 201；亚热带气候和绵延数英里的海滩使迈阿密和名为迈阿密滩的度假岛成为常年旅游胜地）
nounmaɪˈæmimīˈamē 1A member of a North American people formerly living mainly in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin and more recently inhabiting areas of Ohio, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Example sentencesExamples - The Miamis returned Beaubien's goods to his warehouse.
- By the spring of 1774, the French in the area conspired against the Miamis and decided they deserved full control over the portage.
- When de la Balme promised the Creoles a quick remedy and targeted a scapegoat, Charles Beaubien, the British agent to the Miamis, they received him as ‘the Messiah.’
- Though the American presence diminished the power of the Miamis in 1795, Richardville's Kekionga maintained its economic and political sovereignty until the Treaty of Ghent, 1814.
- The British intended for the Miamis to carry freely across the portage, charging what the market could bear.
- Captain Lismahago's encounter with the Miamis and his period of temporary residence with them brings the unstable imperial experience into the centre of the Bramble party travelling through Britain.
- The Miamis never expected a renegade like de la Balme.
- The attack the Miamis feared from Vincennes, however, never came.
- Though the Kickapoo tribe sold the land to the federal government in 1815, the Miamis argued that the area really wasn't theirs to sell: the Miamis already owned it.
- Several tribes, especially the Cherokees and Creeks in the South and the Shawnees, Kickapoos, Miamis, and others north of the Ohio River, held substantial military power.
- Short of turning all the Miamis in the country into Cicelys, it just isn't going to happen in any short order.
- Among the tribes represented were Delawares, Iroquois, Wyandots, Miamis, Ottawas, Pottawattamies, Creeks, Sac and Fox, Choctaw.
- He had not only married into one of the most hostile tribes of the Great Lakes, the Miamis, but he had also led numerous Indian raids against settlements along the Ohio River and in the Illinois country.
- Beaubien also rallied the Miamis and traveled with them and the British Lieutenant Governor of Canada, Henry Hamilton, in their attack on Vincennes and Virginian forces in 1778.
- De la Balme's raid also seems to have reawakened the Miamis to the very real dangers posed by the American rebels and French Creoles at Vincennes, not only to their goods, but also to their lives.
2The dialect of Illinois (an Algonquian language) of the Miami.
adjectivemaɪˈæmimīˈamē Relating to the Miami or their language. Example sentencesExamples - She turned on the news, which was currently the local news, and watched in disgust as she watched a story about a Miami tribe of Indians wanting to sue a bunch of Illinois land owners for something they didn't do.
OriginFrench, from Illinois (a North American Indian language). |