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Meaning of Illinois in English

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Illinois

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Noun

1. il, illinois, land of lincoln, prairie state

a midwestern state in north-central United States

2. illinois

a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west

3. illinois

the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami

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Illinois

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noun
1. 
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: 12 653 544 (2003 est). Area: 144 858 sq km (55 930 sq miles)
. Abbreviation: Ill. or ()in with zip code IL
2. 
a river in Illinois, flowing SW to the Mississippi. Length: 439 km (273 miles)

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Illinois

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noun
1. Word forms: plural ˌIlliˈnois
a member of a confederacy of North American Indian peoples that lived in N Illinois, S Wisconsin, and parts of Iowa and Missouri
2. 
the Algonquian language of this people
1. 
Midwestern state of the U.S.: admitted, 1818; 55,584 sq mi (143,961 sq km); pop. 12,419,000; cap. Springfield
abbrev. IL or Ill
2. 
river in Ill., flowing from southwest of Chicago into the Mississippi, near St. Louis: c. 273 mi (439 km)

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Illinois

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n. pl. Illinois
1. A member of a confederacy of Native American peoples formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and parts of eastern Iowa and Missouri, with a present-day population mostly in Oklahoma.
2. The Algonquian language of the Illinois.
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.

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