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Peoria en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /piːˈɔːɹi.ə/

Etymology

From Miami peewaareewa (“comes carrying a pack on his back”).

Meanings

  1. A member of a Native American tribe, historically part of the Illinois Confederation.

Forms

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Peoria Number=Plur lexicographic
Peorias Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

unm Peyòli (Native American tribesmember) · unm Peòli (Native American tribesmember)

Peoria en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /piːˈɔːɹi.ə/

Etymology

From Miami peewaareewa (“comes carrying a pack on his back”).

Meanings

  1. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Maricopa County and Yavapai County, Arizona, named after Peoria, Illinois.
  2. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
  3. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois.
  4. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
  5. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana.
  6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Mahaska County, Iowa.
  7. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township and unincorporated community therein, in Franklin County, Kansas.
  8. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
  9. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Knox County, Nebraska.
  10. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio.
  11. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, named for the Peoria people.
  12. (figuratively) A typical, unremarkable United States city; Anytown.
    • To hear Carlson foam, you’d think that each time a devious immigrant sneaks into the United States and reaches for a voter registration form, a White American in Peoria blinks into nonexistence. 2022 May 17, Philip Bump, “‘Great replacement theory’ is ignorant both broadly and narrowly”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 18 May 2022:
    • "If you love the theater and it's in your blood, it doesn't matter if it's Peoria. Can you play Peoria, Gil?" 1998, Wilton Barnhardt, Emma Who Saved My Life, Picador, →ISBN, page 424:

Deriveds

play in Peoria · Peorian · East Peoria · Peoria County