Illinois

Meaning

Name

1. A state of the United States, named for the people.
2. A confederation of Algonquian tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley.
3. The Algonquian language spoken by these tribes; the Miami-Illinois language.
4. A river in the United States that flows from Grundy County, Illinois, into the Mississippi River.
5. A river in Colorado, United States that flows from the Never Summer Mountains in the Rockies into the Michigan River.
6. A river in Oklahoma, United States that flows from the Ozarks into the Arkansas River.
7. A river in Oregon, United States that flows from the southwestern corner of the state into the Rogue River.
8. Some townships in the United States, listed under Illinois Township.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

Noun

A member of the above-mentioned tribe.

Synonyms

IL

Land of Lincoln

Prairie State

Translations

Illinois

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Joliet

Naperville

Illinoesia

إلينوي

إيلينوي

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɪləˈnɔɪ/

Etymology

From a French adaptation of an Algonquian (perhaps Ojibwe) name derived from Miami ilenweewa (“he speaks the regular way”).