Il·li·nois 1 ( l  -noi )n. pl. Illinois 1. a. A confederacy of Native American peoples formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and parts of eastern Iowa and Missouri, with present-day descendants mostly in Oklahoma. b. A member of this confederacy. 2. The Algonquian language of the Illinois. [French, of Algonquian origin.] |
| Il·li·nois 2 (l-noi) Abbr. IL or Ill. A state of the north-central United States. It was admitted as the 21st state in 1818. The area was explored by the French in the late 1600s, ceded by France to the British in 1763, and ceded by them to the newly formed United States in 1783. Springfield is the capital and Chicago the largest city. Population: 12,900,000. Il li·noisan (-noin) adj. |
Illinois [ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪ]
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1. (Placename) a state of the N central US, in the Midwest: consists of level prairie crossed by the Illinois and Kaskaskia Rivers; mainly agricultural. Capital: Springfield. Pop.: 12 419 293 (2000). Area: 144 858 sq. km (55 930 sq. miles) Abbreviations Ill (with zip code), IL
2. (Placename) a river in Illinois, flowing SW to the Mississippi. Length: 439 km (273 miles)
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| Noun | 1. |  Illinois - a midwestern state in north-central United Statesmiddle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Cairo - a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers Carbondale - a town in southern Illinois Champaign - a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana Chicago, Windy City - largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan Decatur - a city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here East Saint Louis - a town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis Moline - a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River Peoria - a city in central Illinois on the Illinois River Rockford - a city in northern Illinois Rock Island - a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River; site of a Union prison during the American Civil War capital of Illinois, Springfield - capital of the state of Illinois Urbana - a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign Illinois River - a river in Illinois that flows southwest to the Mississippi River Little Wabash, Little Wabash River - a river in eastern Illinois that flows southeastward to the Wabash River |
| 2. | Illinois - a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west Algonquian, Algonquin - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast | |
| 3. | Illinois - the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami Algonquian language, Algonquin, Algonquian - family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains |
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