Peoria

English

Proper noun

Peoria

1. A city in Illinois. It is the county seat of Peoria County.
2. (figurative) A typical, unremarkable United States city; Anytown.
   • 1998, Wilton Barnhardt, Emma Who Saved My Life, Picador, →ISBN, page 424:

     "If you love the theater and it's in your blood, it doesn't matter if it's Peoria. Can you play Peoria, Gil?"

Derived terms

• Peoria County
• play in Peoria

Noun

Peoria (plural Peorias or Peoria)

1. A member of a Native American tribe, historically part of the Illinois Confederation.

Anagrams

• apeiro-