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Illinois

il·li·nois

UK/ˌɪləˈnɔɪ/ US/ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪ/ fairly common

noun

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a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west

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the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami peoples

Origin

From French Illinois, an adaptation of an Algonquian (perhaps Ojibwe) name derived from Miami ilenweewa (“he speaks the regular way”).

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