Definitions for illinoisˌɪl əˈnɔɪ; sometimes -ˈnɔɪz
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Il•li•nois*ˌɪl əˈnɔɪ; sometimes -ˈnɔɪz(n.)
a state in the central United States. 12,419,293; 56,400 sq. mi. (146,075 sq. km).
Category: Geography (places)
Ref: Cap.: Springfield. 3; Abbr.: IL, 1 Ill. 3
a river flowing SW from NE Illinois to the Mississippi River: connected by a canal with Lake Michigan. 273 mi. (440 km) long.
Category: Geography (places)
(used with a pl. v.) the members of a group of American Indian tribes formerly occupying parts of Illinois and adjoining regions westward. the extinct Algonquian language of these people.
Category: Peoples
* Pron: The pronunciation of Illinois with a final (z), which occurs chiefly among less educated speakers, is least common in Illinois itself, increasing in frequency with distance from the state.
Princeton's WordNet
Illinois, Prairie State, Land of Lincoln, IL(noun)
a midwestern state in north-central United States
Illinois(noun)
a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west
Illinois(noun)
the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami
Wiktionary
Illinois(Noun)
Any of a tribe of Native Americans who formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.
Illinois(Adjective)
Of or relating to the .
Illinois(ProperNoun)
A Capital: Springfield. Largest city: Chicago.
Origin: From adaptation of ilenweewa, meaning "they speak normally."
Webster Dictionary
Illinois(u)
a tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Illinois
an American State as large as England and Wales; has the Mississippi for its western, the Ohio for its southern boundary, with Wisconsin and Lake Michigan in the N. and Indiana on the E.; fourth in population, seventeenth in area; "the Prairie State" is level, well watered, and extremely fertile; has a climate subject to extremes, but, except in the swamps, healthy. It produces enormous quantities of wheat, besides other cereals, of tobacco and temperate fruits. Flour-milling, pork-packing, and distilling are the chief industries. The most extensive coal-deposits in America are in this State; with navigable rivers on its borders, and traversing it Lake Michigan, a great canal, and the largest railway system in the Union, it is admirably situated for commercial development; originally acquired by Britain from the French, who entered it from Canada; it was ceded to the Americans in 1783, and admitted to the Union 1818; the State spends $12,000,000 annually on education, which is compulsory, and has a large and wealthy scientific and agricultural university at Urbana. Springfield (25) is the capital; but Chicago (1,100) is the largest city.
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