They lived in this area when the French explorers contacted them in the 1650s, in order to avoid attacks by the Iroquois. Also known as the Prairie Algonquians, the Miami Indian tribe got their name from the Ojibwa word, oumamik, which means people of the peninsula..
mg - one thousandth (1/1,000) gram. milligram. metric weight unit, weight unit - a decimal unit of weight based on the gram. mcg, microgram - one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram. metric grain, grain - a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat.
Definition of a Mcg. The metric system uses the abbreviation mcg to represent micrograms. A microgram is equivalent to a millionth of a gram or a thousandth of a milligram. In the International System of Units measurements, the mcg is one of the smallest frequently used units.