Miami
/maɪˈæmi/noun
Miami is spelled M-I-A-M-I: 5 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Miami means “A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Miami is Miamis.
How many letters and syllables are in Miami?
| Letters | 5: M-I-A-M-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 30 times per million words; the 3,161st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Miami?
Miami appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Miami?
- /maɪˈæmi/
- /maɪˈæmə/
Miami has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Miami.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Miami
- Miamis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Miami mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
- 2
Miami University.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Miami come from?
From Miami Myaamia, the endonym for the tribe in Miami-Illinois, an Algonquian language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).