prairie state

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Prairie State
    n 1: a midwestern state in north-central United States [syn:
         {Illinois}, {Prairie State}, {Land of Lincoln}, {IL}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prairie State \Prai"rie State\
   Illinois; -- a nickname.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

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