Miami–Illinois (endonym: myaamia, [mjɑːmia]) is an indigenous Algonquian language spoken in the United States, primarily in Illinois, Missouri, Indiana...

ancestral language again. Miami–Illinois is a polysynthetic language with complex verb morphology and fairly free word order. The Algonquian language is a...

The Miami (Miami–Illinois: Myaamiaki) are a Native American nation originally speaking the Miami–Illinois language, one of the Algonquian languages. Among...

thought the name Illinois meant 'man' or 'men' in the Miami-Illinois language, with the original iliniwek transformed via French into Illinois. This etymology...

published The Miami-Illinois Language in 1994 as his Ph.D. dissertation and as a book in 2003. The book reconstructs the structure of Miami-Illinois. The Myaamia...

The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma (Miami-Illinois: myaamionki noošonke siipionki, meaning: "Miami homelands along the Neosho River) is the only federally recognized...

Costa in his 2003 book The Miami-Illinois Language agrees with Rhodes and Goddard that Central Algonquian has a specific language sub-branch that he refers...

The Illinois River (Miami-Illinois: Inoka Siipiiwi) is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River at approximately 273 miles (439 km) in length. Located...

The name Chicago is derived from a French rendering of the indigenous Miami–Illinois word shikaakwa for a wild relative of the onion; it is known to botanists...

type of amusement ride. Search for "miami" on Wikipedia. Miami-Illinois language, the language spoken by the Miami tribe Maimi Yajima (born 1992), Japanese...

The city's name is probably derived from a corrupted version of the Miami-Illinois word teeyaahkiki, meaning "open country/exposed land/land in open/land...

source translated in quot. 1761 at sense 1); Illinois pakani (/pakaːni/); cognates in other Algonquian languages are applied to hickory nuts and walnuts....

(cf. Miami-Illinois: mihsisiipiiwi and Ojibwe: misiziibi, "great river," referring to the Mississippi River) and Michigan (cf. Miami-Illinois: meehcakamiwi...

four state parks along its shore. The name "Patoka" is likely from the Miami-Illinois word paatohka ("Comanche"), which appears as a personal name in some...

Little Turtle (Miami-Illinois: Mihšihkinaahkwa) (c.1747 — July 14, 1812) was a Sagamore (chief) of the Miami people, who became one of the most famous...

Peshewa in the Miami-Illinois language (meaning 'Wildcat' or 'Lynx') or John Richardville in English, was the last akima 'civil chief' of the Miami people. He...

the Lake' (in contrast to the Miami of the Ohio or the Great Miami River, called Ahsenisiipi in the Miami-Illinois language). Maumee is an anglicized spelling...

official language of Illinois is English. Nearly 80% of the population speak English natively, and most others speak it fluently as a second language. The...

Kekionga (Miami-Illinois: Kiihkayonki, meaning "blackberry bush"), also known as Kiskakon or Pacan's Village, was the capital of the Miami tribe. It was...

Warraghtinooks, and Wyatanons. The Wea spoke a dialect of Miami–Illinois language, part of the Algonquian language family. The Wea lived north of the Ohio River in...

The genus name Asimina is adapted from the Native American (probably Miami-Illinois) name assimin or rassimin combining the root terms rassi= "divided lengthwise...

wiikiaami in the Miami-Illinois language wikuom in the Mi'kmaq language wicuw in the Mohegan language ȣichiȣam in the Nipmuck language wikëwam in Unami...

Press. p. 402. ISBN 978-1-4962-1107-1. Costa, David (1990). The Miami-Illinois Language. University of Nebraska Press. Pentland, David H. (2004). "Papers...

The Cahokia (Miami-Illinois: kahokiaki) were an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe and member of the Illinois Confederation; their territory was...

exact name in the Potawatomi language may have been *mšwakig ("at the firewood-tree land"). In the Miami-Illinois language, which historically was also...

and other Illinois tribes. (Some historians question this legendary retaliation; see the article on Pontiac.) The Ottawa, Sauk, Fox, Miami, Kickapoo and...

D. J. (2005). Wolfart, H. C. (ed.). "The St. Jérôme Dictionary of Miami-Illinois" (PDF). Papers of the 36th Algonquian Conference. Winnipeg: University...

French name for the river, Ouabache. French traders had adopted the Miami–Illinois word for the river, waapaahšiiki, meaning 'it shines white', 'pure white'...

Lushootseed: bəščəb Southern Lushootseed: c̓əbal̕qid Menominee: sāhkih Miami-Illinois: šinkohsa Mi'kmaq: mujpej Nisga'a: lisy̓een Nishnaabemwin: zhaangwesh...

the first white explorers arrived. Macoupin is an adaptation of the Miami-Illinois term for the American lotus Nelumbo lutea. None of the native Indians...