Peoria
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English
Etymology
From Miami peewaareewa (“comes carrying a pack on his back”).
Proper noun
Peoria
- A number of places in the United States:
- 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.
- (figurative) A typical, unremarkable United States city; Anytown.
- 1998, Wilton Barnhardt, Emma Who Saved My Life, Picador, →ISBN, 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?"
Derived terms
Noun
Peoria (plural Peorias or Peoria)
- A member of a Native American tribe, historically part of the Illinois Confederation.