Definitions for Illinois

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Illinois Il·li·nois

Spelling: [il-uh-noi or, sometimes, -noiz]

IPA: /ˌɪl əˈnɔɪ or, sometimes, -ˈnɔɪz/

Illinois is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in Illinois (iiillnos).

Definitions for Illinois

noun

1. a member of a confederacy of North American Indians of Algonquian stock, formerly occupying Illinois and adjoining regions westward.
2. the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami Indians.
3. a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,400 sq. mi. (146,075 sq. km). Capital: Springfield. Abbreviation: IL (for use with zip code), Ill.
4. a river flowing SW from NE Illinois to the Mississippi River: connected by a canal with Lake Michigan. 273 miles (440 km) long.

Origin of Illinois

1715-25, Americanism; French, earlier Eriniouai, Ilinoués, etc., from an unidentified Algonquian language, apparently literally, “one who sounds normal” (i.e., “a person who speaks an Algonqu

Examples for Illinois

Because if we was going so fast we ought to be past Illinois, oughtn't we?

All of Chicago and half the state of Illinois seem to be involved in the case.

The country of the Illinois is extremely good, and abounds with buffalo and other game.

Hart Electric LLC An Illinois- based manufacturer of electrical components, and H.I. Cable.

The Canadians, who are numerous in Louisiana, are most of them at the Illinois.

It was the moment that led Ryan to order a moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois.

A bounty hunter told AFP that the suspected Texan could very well be Everett Livvix of Robinson, Illinois.

Elijah Lovejoy, an Illinois abolition editor, was killed by a mob.

This club was incorporated under the state laws of Illinois, on January 26, 1899.

Added Kinzinger, the Illinois rep, "We have to level the playing field in terms of creating a no-fly zone."