noun
1. a midwestern state in north-central United States (Freq. 8)
• Syn: ↑Prairie State, ↑Land of Lincoln, ↑IL
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Part Holonyms:
↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Midwest, ↑middle west, ↑midwestern United States
• Part Meronyms:
↑Cairo, ↑Carbondale, ↑Champaign, ↑Chicago, ↑Windy City, ↑Decatur, ↑East Saint Louis, ↑Moline, ↑Peoria, ↑Rockford, ↑Rock Island, ↑Springfield, ↑capital of Illinois, ↑Urbana, ↑Illinois River, ↑Little Wabash, ↑Little Wabash River
2. a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west
• Hypernyms: ↑Algonquian, ↑Algonquin
3. the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami
• Hypernyms: ↑Algonquian, ↑Algonquin, ↑Algonquian language
Useful english dictionary. 2012.