Illinois
See also: Illinois'
English

Map of US highlighting Illinois
Etymology
From a French adaptation of an Algonquian (perhaps Ojibwe) name derived from Miami irenwe·wa (“he speaks the regular way”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪləˈnɔɪ/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Illinois
- A state of the United States of America. Capital: Springfield. Largest city: Chicago.
- 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:
Derived terms
Translations
a state of the United States of America
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See also
- Appendix:Place names in Illinois
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪliˌnɔʏ̯/
- IPA(key): /ˌɪliˈnɔʏ̯/ (probably less common)
(unclear which stress pattern is used)(file)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌi.li.ˈnɔj/
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