illinois

Other forms of illinois

plural

illinoises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about illinois

What does illinois mean?

illinois means "a midwestern state in north-central United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in illinois?

illinois has 3 syllables: il-li-nois. The stress falls on "nois". In IPA it is /ˌɪləˈnɔɪ/.

What is another word for illinois?

Close synonyms include Prairie State, Land of Lincoln, IL, Ill.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is illinois a common word?

illinois is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with illinois?

1 word rhymes with illinois. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.