What is "miami"

Miamis \Mi*a"mis\, n. pl.; sing. Miami. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians that formerly occupied the country between the Wabash and Maumee rivers.

place name in U.S.; the one in Florida is of unknown origin, attested in Spanish as Maymi (1566), Mayaimi (1575). The one in Ohio is from the Miami, native people there, attested from 18c., apparently from a native word /myaamiwa "downstream person."

"Miami" is a single by the American rock band Counting Crows. It is the seventh track on their fourth album Hard Candy ( 2002).

Miami is the seventh album by James Gang, released in 1974.

This album is the last with lead guitarist Tommy Bolin before he left to join Deep Purple. The front cover is a black copy of their second album, James Gang Rides Again.

Miami is a 1987 book of social and political analysis by Joan Didion.

Didion begins, "Havana vanities come to dust in Miami." The book is an extended report on the generation of Cubans who landed in exile in Miami following the overthrow of President Batista January 1, 1959 and the way in which that community has connected to America and American politics.

Granta writes, "Miami may be the sunniest place in America, but this is Didion's darkest book."

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"Miami" is a 1998 single from Will Smith's debut solo album Big Willie Style (1997). It samples The Whispers' 1980 hit " And the Beat Goes On". The song charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the UK charts.

"Miami" won a MTV VMA Best Male Video award. The video features an early appearance of future Hitch co-star Eva Mendes. The single was considered to be of a different style to Smith's previous singles, becoming his highest selling worldwide single of his whole career.

Miami (; ) is a seaport city on the Atlantic Ocean in south Florida. As the seat of Miami-Dade County, the municipality is the principal, central, and most populous of its metropolitan area and part of the second-most populous metropolis in the southeastern United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Miami's metro area is the eighth-most populous and fourth-largest urban area in the U.S., with a population of around 5.5 million.

Miami is a major center, and a leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, and international trade. In 2012, Miami was classified as an Alpha−World City in the World Cities Study Group's inventory. In 2010, Miami ranked seventh in the United States in terms of finance, commerce, culture, entertainment, fashion, education, and other sectors. It ranked 33rd among global cities. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Miami "America's Cleanest City", for its year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets, and city-wide recycling programs. According to a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the world's fifth-richest city in terms of purchasing power. Miami is nicknamed the "Capital of Latin America" and is the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality.

Downtown Miami is home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States, and many large national and international companies. The Civic Center is a major center for hospitals, research institutes, medical centers, and biotechnology industries. For more than two decades, the Port of Miami, known as the "Cruise Capital of the World", has been the number one cruise passenger port in the world. It accommodates some of the world's largest cruise ships and operations, and is the busiest port in both passenger traffic and cruise lines.

The Miami soil series is the state soil of Indiana.

The less sloping Miami soils are used mainly for corn, soybeans, or winter wheat. The steeper areas are used as pasture, hayland, or woodland. Significant area has been converted to residential and commercial uses. There are of Miami soils mapped in Indiana.

Miami soils formed in calcareous, loamy till on the Wisconsin Till Plains. The native vegetation is hardwood forest. Miami soils are fertile and have a moderate available water capacity. Indiana is nationally ranked for agricultural production because of the highly productive Miami soils along with other prime farmland soils in the State.

The Miami series consists of moderately well drained soils formed in as much as 18 inches (46 cm) of loess or silty material and in the underlying loamy till on till plains. They are very deep soils that are moderately deep to dense till. Permeability is moderate or moderately slow in the solum, and slow or very slow in the underlying dense till. Slope ranges from 0 to 60%. Mean annual precipitation is 40 inches (1000 mm), and mean annual temperature is 52 °F (11 °C).

Miami soils are classified in USDA soil taxonomy as fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs.

Miami is the second album by punk blues group The Gun Club, released in 1982.

Debbie Harry appears as a backing singer on various tracks on the album under the pseudonym "D.H. Laurence Jr."

The track "Mother of Earth" was covered by alt-country band The Sadies on their 2001 album Tremendous Efforts.

Miami is the fifth album by Argentine rock group Babasónicos. This is the last album in which member DJ Peggyn participated; he left the band in 2000 for a solo career, renaming himself Jimmy Dolor.

The album cover was designed by Alejandro Ros. It is a map of Argentina turned 90 degrees clockwise, resembling a map of the east coast of the United States; the map places a fictional Miami in the Argentinian province of Misiones. Ros later designed the covers for Jessico and Infame.

After the release of the album, Cosme, their manager, left the band.

Miami is the first album from Belgian solo act The Go Find, released in 2004 by Morr Music.

Miami is a city in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Miami is the seventh studio album by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin, first released on May 30, 2007.

Miami is a beach near Mikra Sports Center in Nea Krini, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece is often called Miami, because there is a luxurious restaurant called Miami in the area.

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"Miami" is the second single from Foals' second album Total Life Forever, released on 5 July 2010. The b-side "Wear & Tear" was later made available for download on the Foals' website. Miami is the slowest song they've written until now, according to them.

The music video was directed by Dave Ma and features a fight between bodybuilders and transvestites.

The song peaked at number 127 on the UK Singles Chart.

Miami is a lost 1924 American silent society melodrama film directed by Alan Crosland and distributed by W. W. Hodkinson. The film stars Betty Compson and Hedda Hopper.

Miami also known as Miami - Holy Bible is a 2013 album by French singer-songwriter Damien Saez being his 8th studio album. It is credited on the album cover as Saez. The album was recorded in Davout Studios and released on Wagram Records.