Illinois
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Definition of Illinois
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1 plural : a confederacy of American Indian peoples of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin
2 : a member of any of the Illinois peoples
3 : the Algonquian language of the Illinois
Illinois
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Definition of Illinois (Entry 2 of 2)
1 river 273 miles (439 kilometers) long in Illinois flowing southwest into the Mississippi River
2 state in the central part of the U.S. having the Mississippi River as its western boundary and bordering on Lake Michigan in the northeast; capital Springfield area 56,400 square miles (146,640 square kilometers), population 12,830,632
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