Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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adj
Of or relating to the Illinois Confederacy, its people or its culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Illinese
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name
A state of the United States, named for the people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A confederation of Algonquian tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
The Algonquian language spoken by these tribes; the Miami-Illinois language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of rivers in the United States:
A river in the United States that flows from Grundy County, Illinois, into the Mississippi River.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of rivers in the United States:
A river in Colorado, United States that flows from the Never Summer Mountains in the Rockies into the Michigan River.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of rivers in the United States:
A river in Oklahoma, United States that flows from the Ozarks into the Arkansas River.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of rivers in the United States:
A river in Oregon, United States that flows from the southwestern corner of the state into the Rogue River.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of townships in the United States:
A township in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of townships in the United States:
A township in Washington County, Arkansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of townships in the United States:
A township in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Ellipsis of University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
A member of the above-mentioned tribe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Illinese
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noun
the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language
noun
a midwestern state in north-central United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Prairie State, Land of Lincoln, IL
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Broader terms: American state
noun
a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin
History
From French Illinois, an adaptation of an Algonquian (perhaps Ojibwe) name derived from Miami ilenweewa (“he speaks the regular way”).
Across languages
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
