Illinois got its name from a tribe called Illiniwek.
The state of Iowa is named after the Iowa River. The river was named after the native people living near its banks called Ioways.
The state of Iowa, originally a territory of Wisconsin west of the Mississippi River, was named after the Iowa River.The Iowa River was named after the Iowa Indians who lived in the territory. The tribal name "Ayuxwa" was spelled by the French as "Ayoua" and by the English as "Ioway." "Ayuxwa" means "one who puts to sleep." (NETSTATE) For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated at the bottom of this answer box.
Like many states in America, especially in the Midwest, the name of Illinois comes from the native tribes that lived there when the white men first came - the Illinois people.
It comes from the Indian word Illini meaning a confederation of tribes. Illinois is the French interpretation of the Algonquin word for 'tribe of superior men'.
From the name of one American Native tribe occupying the northern part of that State, which was a member of a confederacy of Algonquian tribes.
Illinois is named after the tribe of Indians that inhabited the area.
Illinois was once mostly prairie lands.
The answer is " The Prairie State"
Illinois is named after ILLINI WEK
Indiana or Illinois, actually Illinois was named after the Illini tribe
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The official name is the General Assembly and it is bicameral with a House of Representatives and a Senate. There are 59 Legislative Districts, equal in population, and each district elects one Senator. Each Legislative District is divided into two House districts of equal population. One House member is elected from each House district for a total of 118 House members.
The Shawnee Indians lived in the area of Kentucky, southern Illinois, and Indiana. Their name means "Southerners."
It was named after the Illinois River, which got its name from the Illinois Indians. The nick name of the Illinois University athletic teams is the Fighting Illini.
Illinois Jacquet's birth name is Jean Baptiste Illinois Jacquet.
the state nick name for illinois is the "Praire State"
Illinois General Assembly
State of Illinois
Illinois Ozarks
There is no underwater bird specified for Illinois. The official bird of Illinois is the cardinal.
Illinois's name comes from the Illiniwek Indians and means "the people"
A family by the name of "Herrin".
"Illinois" is the modern spelling for the early French missionaries and explorers' name for the Illinois people, a name that was spelled in many different ways in the early records
Illinoisans.
The Illinois.