Illinoisとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪləˈnɔɪ/, (古風な用法) /ˌɪləˈnɔɪz/

固有名詞

Illinois

1. A state of the United States, named for the people.
2. A confederation of Algonquian tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley.
3. The Algonquian language spoken by these tribes; the Miami-Illinois language.
   • 1917, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, page 91:

     Another interesting Illinois word is the name of the celebrated chief, which the French made Chachagouache.

   • 2004, Sandy Nestor, Indian Placenames in America, volume 1, page 61:

     PISTAKEE LAKE (Lake) Part of the Chain of Lakes, Pistakee is an Illinois word taken from pestekouy, meaning "buffalo"[.]

   • 2005, Jennifer Lee, The Illinois Confederacy of Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, ..., page 5:

     These words are believed to have come from the Illinois word "irenweewa," which meant "he speaks in the ordinary way."

   • 2013, Brett Rushforth, Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries, page 56:

     Another Illinois word describing physical detention, kikiȣnakiȣi, meant “slave” in the seventeenth century, but in modern usage the root has softened into a meaning that suggests being detained, held up, or merely running late.

4. A river in United States that flows from western Illinois into the Mississippi River.
5. A river in Colorado, United States that flows from the Never Summer Mountains in the Rockies into the Michigan River.
6. A river in Oklahoma, United States that flows from the Ozarks into the Arkansas River.
7. A river in Oregon, United States that flows from the southwestern corner of the state into the Rogue River.
8. Some townships in the United States, listed under Illinois Township.
9. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

派生語

• IL
• Illinoisan

名詞

Illinois (複数形 Illinois)

1. A member of the above-mentioned tribe.

参考

アナグラム

• illision