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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King