Illinois

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪləˈnɔɪ/

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Illinois

1. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Springfield. Largest city: Chicago.
2. A tribe who formerly inhabited the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.
3. The language spoken by this tribe, 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.

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• Illinoisan

Illinois (plural Illinois)

1. A member of the above-mentioned tribe.

• Appendix:Place names in Illinois

• illision

Borrowed from English Illinois.

Illinois (genitive Illinois')

1. Illinois

• IPA^(key): /i.li.nwa/

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Illinois m

1. Illinois

From French Illinois, chiefly through English Illinois.

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

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Illinois n (genitive Illinois')

1. Illinois

Borrowed from English Illinois.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌi.li.ˈnɔj/

Illinois m

1. Illinois (a state of the United States)

Illinois m

1. Illinois

• Illinois on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es