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Peoria
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English
+, Illinois,Will it play in +?
Etymology
From en mia peewaareewa comes carrying a pack on his back.
Pronunciation
en /piːˈɔːɹi.ə/
en ɔːɹiə 4
Proper noun
en number of places c/USA:
en city co/Maricopa County and co/Yavapai County s/Arizona, named after Peoria, Illinois.
en CDP co/Arapahoe County s/Colorado.
en city/county seat co/Peoria County s/Illinois.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Springfield co/Franklin County s/Indiana.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Butler co/Miami County s/Indiana.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Richland co/Mahaska County s/Iowa.
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Franklin County s/Kansas.
en ucomm co/Washington County s/Missouri.
en twp co/Knox County s/Nebraska.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Liberty co/Union County s/Ohio.
en town co/Ottawa County s/Oklahoma, named for the Peoria people.
en figurative A typical, unremarkable United States city; Anytown.
en w:Wilton Barnhardt Emma Who Saved My Life 1998 Picador 424 0312191189 "If you love the theater and it's in your blood, it doesn't matter if it's Peoria. Can you play Peoria, Gil?"
en Philip Bump ‘Great replacement theory’ is ignorant both broadly and narrowly w:The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/17/great-replacement-theory-is-ignorant-both-broadly-narrowly/ 2022-05-17 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20240409175233/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/17/great-replacement-theory-is-ignorant-both-broadly-narrowly/ 9 April 2024
Derived terms
en East Peoria Peorian Peoria County play in Peoria
Noun
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A member of a Native American tribe, historically part of the Illinois Confederation.
Translations
Native American tribesmember
Unami: unm Peyòli an, unm Peòli an
Anagrams
en aeiopr apeiro-
en Native American tribes