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Illinois is a state in the United States.
Illinois may also refer to:
Places
edit- Illinois Country, a region of colonial America
- Illinois County, Virginia, a county claimed by Virginia during the American Revolutionary War
- Illinois Territory, an organized territory of the US from 1809 to 1818
- Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi River in the state of Illinois
- Illinois River (Colorado)
- Illinois River (Oklahoma) in Arkansas and Oklahoma
- Illinois River (Oregon)
- Illinois Township, Pope County, Arkansas
Education
edit- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the largest campus in the University of Illinois system
- Illinois Fighting Illini, this school's intercollegiate athletic program
- Illinois College, a private liberal arts college located in Jacksonville, Illinois
Ships
edit- SS Illinois (1873), an American Line passenger steamship
- SS Illinois (1917), a cargo ship in service with the Harlem Steamship Co and Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
- USS Illinois (BB-7), the lead ship of Illinois-class battleship, launched in 1898
- USS Illinois (BB-65), a former planned Iowa-class battleship
- USS Illinois (SSN-786), a Virginia-class submarine, launched 2016
- Battleship Illinois (replica), a full-scale mockup of an Indiana-class battleship
Transportation
edit- Illinois station (DART), a DART Light Rail station in Dallas, US
- Illinois Terminal, in Champaign, Illinois, US
Music
edit- Illinois (band), an American indie rock band
- Illinois (Sufjan Stevens album), a 2005 album by Sufjan Stevens
- Illinois (Brett Eldredge album), a 2015 album by Brett Eldredge
- "Illinois" (song), the state song of Illinois with words by C.H. Chamberlain and music by Archibald Johnston
Other uses
edit- Illinois Jacquet (1922–2004), jazz saxophone player
- Illinois Confederation, a group of Native American tribes
- The Illinois, a proposed mile-high skyscraper building designed in 1956 by Frank Lloyd Wright
See also
edit- Illinois City, Illinois, unincorporated community
- Illinoi, Illinois and Indiana, unincorporated community
- Miami-Illinois, a Native American Algonquian language
- All pages with titles beginning with Illinois