Miami was a University when Florida belonged to Spain.
I know Miami was established in 1809 and Florida was granted statehood in 1945, so that's that...
But truth be told; there is only ONE Miami University...the school in Florida is named the University of Miami...
The Miami Indian tribe lived in Ohio, where did Florida come up with that name?
From the Mayaimi tribe that used to live around Lake Okeechobee.....
Who knows if people confused them with the Miami tribe and that's how the spelling got changed or what....