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illinois

Il.li.nois \.il-*-'no.i also -'no.iz\ n or Illinois [F, of Algonquian 
   origin; akin to Shawnee hilenawe man] pl  1: a confederacy of Indian 
   peoples of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin  2: a member of one of the 
   Illinois peoples