English > Illinois: 3 senses > noun 1, location| Meaning | A midwestern state in north-central United States. |
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| Synonyms | Prairie State, Land of Lincoln, IL, Ill. |
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| Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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| Part of | Midwest, middle west, midwestern United States | The north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) |
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| United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
| Parts | Cairo | A town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers |
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| Carbondale | A town in southern Illinois |
| Champaign | A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana |
| Chicago, Windy City | largest city in Illinois |
| Decatur | A city in central Illinois |
| East Saint Louis | A town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis |
| Illinois River | A river in Illinois that flows southwest to the Mississippi River |
| Little Wabash, Little Wabash River | A river in eastern Illinois that flows southeastward to the Wabash River |
| Moline | A town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River |
| Peoria | A city in central Illinois on the Illinois River |
| Rock Island | A town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River |
| Rockford | A city in northern Illinois |
| Springfield, capital of Illinois | Capital of the state of Illinois |
| Urbana | A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign |
| Spanish | Illinois |
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