Associations to the word «Illinois»

Wiktionary

ILLINOIS, proper noun. A state of the United States of America Capital: Springfield. Largest city: Chicago.
ILLINOIS, adjective. (Can we verify([1]) this sense?) Of or relating to the Miami-Illinois language.
ILLINOIS, noun. Any of a tribe of Native Americans who formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.

Dictionary definition

ILLINOIS, noun. A midwestern state in north-central United States.
ILLINOIS, noun. A member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west.
ILLINOIS, noun. The Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.