Illinois
See also: Illinois'
English
Map of US highlighting Illinois
Etymology
From a French adaptation of an Algonquian (perhaps Ojibwe) name derived from Miami ilenweewa (“he speaks the regular way”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪləˈnɔɪ/, /ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪ/, (archaic) /ˌɪləˈnɔɪz/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Illinois
- A state of the United States, named for the people.
- A confederation of Algonquian tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley.
- 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.
- A river in the United States that flows from Grundy County, Illinois, into the Mississippi River.
- A river in Colorado, United States that flows from the Never Summer Mountains in the Rockies into the Michigan River.
- A river in Oklahoma, United States that flows from the Ozarks into the Arkansas River.
- A river in Oregon, United States that flows from the southwestern corner of the state into the Rogue River.
- Some townships in the United States, listed under Illinois Township.
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Derived terms
Translations
a state of the United States of America
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Translations
member of the Illinois Confederacy
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See also
| 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 |
Anagrams
Danish
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈilːinoi̯s/, [ˈilːino̞i̯s̠]
- Rhymes: -ilːinois
- Syllabification(key): Il‧li‧nois
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
- IPA(key): /i.li.nwa/
Audio (file)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪliˌnɔʏ̯/
- IPA(key): /ˌɪliˈnɔʏ̯/ (probably less common)
(unclear which stress pattern is used)(file)
Proper noun
Illinois n (proper noun, genitive Illinois' or (with an article) Illinois)
- Illinois (a state of the United States)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /il.liˈnɔjs/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔjs
- Hyphenation: Il‧li‧nòis
References
- Illinois in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Illinois, from a French adaptation of an Algonquian name derived from Miami ilenweewa (“he speaks the regular way”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈli.nɔj/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -inɔj
- Syllabification: I‧lli‧nois
Proper noun
Illinois n (indeclinable)
- Illinois (a state of the United States)
- Illinois (a river in the United States)
Further reading
- Illinois in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Slovak
Proper noun
Illinois m inan (genitive singular Illinoisu, declension pattern of dub)
- Illinois (a state of the United States)
References
- “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, 2024
Spanish
See also
Illinois on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Swedish
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