Illinois

n. state in the central United States

The State of Illinois (IPA: //) is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern state and the fifth most populous in the nation. With Chicagoland in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is an important transportation hub; the Port of Chicago connects the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River. Illinois is often viewed as a microcosm of the United States; an Associated Press analysis of 21 demographic factors determined Illinois was the "most average state," while the city of Peoria has long been a proverbial social and cultural bellweather.
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Noun
1. a Midwest state in north-central United States
(synonym) Prairie State, Land of Lincoln, IL
(hypernym) American state
(part-holonym) Midwest, Middle West
(part-meronym) Cairo
2. a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west
(hypernym) Algonquian, Algonquin
3. the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami peoples
(hypernym) Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language

n. Illinois, state in the central United States

n. Illinois, state in the central United States