Illinois

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U.S. state

Illinois is a Midwestern U.S. state known for its major metropolis Chicago, diverse economy, and significant political and transportation influence.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
State of Illinois 70
Illinois, United States 8
US-IL 3

Statements (128)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. state ⓘ
admittedToUnionOn 1818-12-03 ⓘ
borderedBy Indiana ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Lake Michigan ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
capital Springfield, Illinois ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasAgriculturalProduct cattle ⓘ
corn ⓘ
hogs ⓘ
soybeans ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
hasGovernmentType U.S. state government ⓘ
hasMajorAirport Midway International Airport ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Midway International Airport

O'Hare International Airport ⓘ
hasMajorCity Alton, Illinois ⓘ
Arlington Heights, Illinois ⓘ
Aurora, Illinois ⓘ
Belleville, Illinois ⓘ
Berwyn, Illinois ⓘ
Bloomington, Illinois ⓘ
Blue Island, Illinois ⓘ
Bolingbrook, Illinois ⓘ
Burbank, Illinois ⓘ
Calumet City, Illinois ⓘ
Carbondale, Illinois ⓘ
Champaign, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Champaign, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Cicero, Illinois ⓘ
Danville, Illinois ⓘ
DeKalb ⓘ
surface form: DeKalb, Illinois

Decatur, Illinois ⓘ
Des Plaines, Illinois ⓘ
Downers Grove, Illinois ⓘ
Elgin, Illinois ⓘ
Elmhurst, Illinois ⓘ
Evanston, Illinois ⓘ
Galesburg, Illinois ⓘ
Glenview, Illinois ⓘ
Granite City, Illinois ⓘ
Harvey, Illinois ⓘ
Hoffman Estates, Illinois ⓘ
Joliet, Illinois ⓘ
Kankakee, Illinois ⓘ
Lombard, Illinois ⓘ
Mattoon, Illinois ⓘ
Maywood, Illinois ⓘ
Moline, Illinois ⓘ
Mount Prospect, Illinois ⓘ
Naperville, Illinois ⓘ
Normal, Illinois ⓘ
Oak Lawn, Illinois ⓘ
Oak Park, Illinois ⓘ
Orland Park, Illinois ⓘ
Palatine, Illinois ⓘ
Park Ridge, Illinois ⓘ
Peoria, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Peoria, Illinois

Quincy, Illinois ⓘ
Richton Park, Illinois ⓘ
Rockford metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Rockford, Illinois

Schaumburg, Illinois ⓘ
Skokie, Illinois ⓘ
Tinley Park, Illinois ⓘ
Urbana, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Urbana, Illinois

Waukegan, Illinois ⓘ
Wheaton, Illinois ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry agriculture ⓘ
finance ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
services ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
hasMajorLake Lake Michigan ⓘ
hasMajorMetropolitanArea Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area ⓘ
Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Bloomington–Normal–Pontiac metropolitan area

Carbondale–Marion metropolitan area ⓘ
Carbondale–Marion metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Carbondale–Marion–Herrin metropolitan area

Champaign, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area

Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area ⓘ
Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Chicago–Naperville–Elgin metropolitan area

Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Chicago–Naperville–Elgin–Joliet metropolitan area

Quad Cities (Illinois portion) ⓘ
surface form: Davenport–Moline–Rock Island metropolitan area (Illinois portion)

Quad Cities (Illinois portion) ⓘ
surface form: Davenport–Moline–Rock Island–Bettendorf metropolitan area (Illinois portion)

Decatur, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Decatur metropolitan area

Decatur–Taylorville metropolitan area ⓘ
Kankakee metropolitan area ⓘ
Kankakee metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Kankakee–Bradley–Bourbonnais metropolitan area

Peoria metropolitan area ⓘ
Peoria metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Peoria–East Peoria metropolitan area

Quad Cities (Illinois portion) ⓘ
Rockford metropolitan area ⓘ
Rockford metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Rockford–Belvidere metropolitan area

Springfield metropolitan area ⓘ
Springfield metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Springfield–Jacksonville–Lincoln metropolitan area

St. Louis metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis metropolitan area (Illinois portion)

St. Louis–Belleville metropolitan area (Illinois portion) ⓘ
St. Louis–Belleville metropolitan area (Illinois portion) ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis–Belleville–East St. Louis metropolitan area (Illinois portion)
hasMajorRiver Illinois River ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
Wabash River ⓘ
hasMajorUniversity Illinois State University ⓘ
Northern Illinois University ⓘ
Northwestern University ⓘ
Southern Illinois University ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
surface form: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
hasNickname Land of Lincoln ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Prairie State
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasStateBird Northern cardinal ⓘ
hasStateFlower violet ⓘ
hasStateMotto State Sovereignty, National Union ⓘ
hasStateSong Illinois (state song) ⓘ
hasStateTree white oak ⓘ
ISOCode Illinois self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: US-IL
judicialBody Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois
largestCity Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
legislature Illinois General Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
lowerHouse Illinois House of Representatives ⓘ
orderInUnion 21st state ⓘ
postalAbbreviation IL ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
upperHouse Illinois Senate ⓘ

Referenced by (1,224)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Illinois militia → governedBy → Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois state government
this entity surface form: State of Illinois
this entity surface form: State of Illinois
Haymarket affair → hasLocation → Illinois ⓘ
Illinois → hasNickname → Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prairie State
this entity surface form: US-IL
Von Maur → hasRetailOutletIn → Illinois ⓘ
Ashland/63rd station → hasState → Illinois ⓘ
Lake Shore Campus → hasState → Illinois ⓘ
Ohio Street Beach → hasState → Illinois ⓘ
Rust Belt → hasState → Illinois ⓘ
subject surface form: Eureka, Illinois
Province V → hasTerritoryIn → Illinois ⓘ
Potawatomi → historicalRegion → Illinois ⓘ
Sac and Fox → historicalRegion → Illinois ⓘ
Shawnee → historicalRegion → Illinois ⓘ
subject surface form: Dutch Americans
Abraham Lincoln → homeState → Illinois ⓘ
Blue Demons → homeState → Illinois ⓘ
Chicago Bears → homeState → Illinois ⓘ