Illinois, pronounced Illinoy, is from an ancient Illini Indian word “Iliniwek”, meaning “fuck you white man go away”.
You’ll find many city and land names around America translated loosely as the same, then some white people were probably like iT meAnS lArGe RiVeR and wrote that down instead.
yeah that’s how its said
What does it mean?
Illinois, pronounced Illinoy, is from an ancient Illini Indian word “Iliniwek”, meaning “fuck you white man go away”.
You’ll find many city and land names around America translated loosely as the same, then some white people were probably like iT meAnS lArGe RiVeR and wrote that down instead.
It means Illinois (the S is silent)
Thx for nothing?
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