Prairie State
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| Noun | 1. |  Prairie State - a midwestern state in north-central United Statesmiddle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Cairo - a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers Carbondale - a town in southern Illinois Champaign - a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana Chicago, Windy City - largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan Decatur - a city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here East Saint Louis - a town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis Moline - a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River Peoria - a city in central Illinois on the Illinois River Rockford - a city in northern Illinois Rock Island - a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River; site of a Union prison during the American Civil War capital of Illinois, Springfield - capital of the state of Illinois Urbana - a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign Illinois River - a river in Illinois that flows southwest to the Mississippi River Little Wabash, Little Wabash River - a river in eastern Illinois that flows southeastward to the Wabash River |
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