Peoria
/piːˈɔːɹi.ə/
Peoria proper noun: a city in Maricopa County and Yavapai County, Arizona, named after Peoria, Illinois.
Proper noun
Peoria
- A city in Maricopa County and Yavapai County, Arizona, named after Peoria, Illinois.
- A census-designated place in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
- A city, the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Mahaska County, Iowa.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Franklin County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
- A township in Knox County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio.
- A town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, named for the Peoria people.
- A typical, unremarkable United States city; Anytown.
- "If you love the theater and it's in your blood, it doesn't matter if it's Peoria. Can you play Peoria, Gil?"1998, Wilton Barnhardt, Emma Who Saved My Life, Picador, →ISBN, page 424
- 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.2022 May 17, Philip Bump, “‘Great replacement theory’ is ignorant both broadly and narrowly”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 18 May 2022
Noun
Peoria (plural Peorias or Peoria)
- A member of a Native American tribe, historically part of the Illinois Confederation.
Forms of Peoria
| plural | Peorias |
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| plural | Peoria |
Origin of Peoria
From Miami peewaareewa (“comes carrying a pack on his back”).
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Questions about Peoria
- What does Peoria mean?
- Peoria means a city in Maricopa County and Yavapai County, Arizona, named after Peoria, Illinois.
- What part of speech is Peoria?
- Peoria can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Peoria?
- Peoria is pronounced /piːˈɔːɹi.ə/.
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