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Peoria
Peoria
English
Proper noun
Peoria
- A particular city in Illinois, used to represent a typical United States city.
- 1998, Wilton Barnhardt, Emma Who Saved My Life, Picador, ISBN 0312191189, page 424:
- "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 0312191189, page 424:
Derived terms
Noun
Peoria (plural Peorias or Peoria)
- A member of a Native American tribe, historically part of the Illinois Confederation.