Illinois
See also: Illinois'
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Map_of_USA_highlighting_Illinois.png/220px-Map_of_USA_highlighting_Illinois.png)
Etymology
From a French adaptation of an Algonquian (perhaps Ojibwe) name derived from Miami irenwe·wa (“he speaks the regular way”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Illinois
- A state of the United States.
- A tribe who formerly inhabited the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.
- 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.
- 1917, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, page 91:
- A river in the United States that flows from northern Illinois to the Mississippi River.
- A river in the United States that flows from the Never Summer Mountains in the Rockies into the Michigan River.
- A river in the United States that flows from the Ozarks into the Arkansas River.
- A river in the United States that flows from southwestern Oregon into the Rogue river.
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Derived terms
Translations
a state of the United States of America
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Noun
Illinois (plural Illinois)
- A member of the above-mentioned tribe.
See also
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Illinois.
Proper noun
Illinois (genitive Illinois')
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Illinois
- Illinois (a state of the United States)
Declension
Inflection of Illinois (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Illinois | — | |
genitive | Illinoisin | — | |
partitive | Illinoisia | — | |
illative | Illinoisiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Illinois | — | |
accusative | nom. | Illinois | — |
gen. | Illinoisin | ||
genitive | Illinoisin | — | |
partitive | Illinoisia | — | |
inessive | Illinoisissa | — | |
elative | Illinoisista | — | |
illative | Illinoisiin | — | |
adessive | Illinoisilla | — | |
ablative | Illinoisilta | — | |
allative | Illinoisille | — | |
essive | Illinoisina | — | |
translative | Illinoisiksi | — | |
abessive | Illinoisitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Illinois m
German
Etymology
From French Illinois, chiefly through English Illinois.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪliˌnɔʏ̯/
- IPA(key): /ˌɪliˈnɔʏ̯/ (probably less common)
(unclear which stress pattern is used)Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Illinois n (genitive Illinois')
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Illinois m
- Illinois (a state of the United States)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English Illinois.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌi.li.ˈnɔj/
Proper noun
Illinois m
- Illinois (a state of the United States)
Spanish
Proper noun
Illinois m
See also
Illinois on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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- en:Illinois, USA
- en:States of the United States
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- English nouns
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- en:Universities
- Danish terms borrowed from English
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- da:States of the United States
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
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- fi:Illinois, USA
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- de:States of the United States
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- it:Illinois, USA
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- pt:Illinois, USA
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- Spanish lemmas
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- es:States of the United States