illinois Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a midwestern state in north-central United States
    Land of Lincoln; Prairie State; IL.
  2. noun a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west
  3. noun the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami

WordNet


Il`li*nois" noun singular & plural
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.

Webster 1913