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List of Illinois placenames of Native American origin

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The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Illinois whose names are derived from Native American languages.

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Counties

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Settlements

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Lakes and rivers

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Protected areas

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Names from fiction

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Comments by Michael McCafferty on "Readers' Feedback (page 4)"". The KryssTal. Archived from the original on 2006-10-31. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
  2. ^ "Illinois". Dictionary.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
  3. ^ Bright (2004), p. 181.
  4. ^ Callary, Edward (2009). Place Names of Illinois. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-252-03356-8
  5. ^ "Illinois Central Magazine". 1922.
  6. ^ "The People of the Prairie", Charles Warwick, The Illinois Steward, vo. 16, no. 2, 2007
  7. ^ "What's in a Name?". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2021-01-26.

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