Illinois

From a French adaptation of an Algonquian (perhaps Ojibwe) name derived from Miami ilenweewa (“he speaks the regular way”).^{[en 1]}

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪləˈnɔɪ/, /ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪ/, (nonstandard) /ˌɪləˈnɔɪz/

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Illinois

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.
   • 1917, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, page 91:

     Another interesting Illinois word is the name of the celebrated chief, which the French made Chachagouache.

   • 2004, Sandy Nestor, Indian Placenames in America, volume 1, page 61:

     PISTAKEE LAKE (Lake) Part of the Chain of Lakes, Pistakee is an Illinois word taken from pestekouy, meaning "buffalo"[.]

   • 2005, Jennifer Lee, The Illinois Confederacy of Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, ..., page 5:

     These words are believed to have come from the Illinois word "irenweewa," which meant "he speaks in the ordinary way."

   • 2013, Brett Rushforth, Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries, page 56:

     Another Illinois word describing physical detention, kikiȣnakiȣi, meant “slave” in the seventeenth century, but in modern usage the root has softened into a meaning that suggests being detained, held up, or merely running late.

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. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

• IL
• Illinoisan

Illinois (plural Illinois)

1. A member of the above-mentioned tribe.

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)

States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming

Federal district: Washington, D.C.

Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

• illision

Borrowed from English Illinois.

Illinois (genitive Illinois')

1. Illinois (a state of the United States)

From English Illinois.

• IPA^(key): /ˈilːinoi̯s/, [ˈilːino̞i̯s̠]
• Rhymes: -ilːinois
• Hyphenation^(key): Il‧li‧nois

Illinois

1. Illinois (a state of the United States)

• IPA^(key): /i.li.nwa/

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Illinois m

1. Illinois (a state of the United States)

• Haitian Creole: Ilinwa

From French Illinois, chiefly through English Illinois.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪliˌnɔʏ̯/
• IPA^(key): /ˌɪliˈnɔʏ̯/ (probably less common)

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  (unclear which stress pattern is used)

Illinois n (proper noun, genitive Illinois' or (with an article) Illinois)

1. Illinois (a state of the United States)

Borrowed from English Illinois.

• IPA^(key): /il.liˈnɔjs/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔjs
• Hyphenation: Il‧li‧nòis

Illinois m

1. Illinois (a state of the United States)

Borrowed from English Illinois, from a French adaptation of an Algonquian name derived from Miami ilenweewa (“he speaks the regular way”).

• IPA^(key): /iˈli.nɔj/

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• Rhymes: -inɔj
• Syllabification: I‧lli‧nois

Illinois n (indeclinable)

1. Illinois (a state of the United States)
2. Illinois (a river in the United States)

• Illinois in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English Illinois.

Illinois m

1. Illinois (a state of the United States)

• IPA^(key): [ˈiʎinɔjs]
• IPA^(key): [ˈiʎinɔjs]

Illinois m inan (genitive singular Illinoisu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Illinois (a state of the United States)

• “Illinois”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Illinois m

1. Illinois (a state of the United States)

• Illinois on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Illinois n (genitive Illinois)

1. Illinois (a state of the United States)