peoria means A number of places in the United States:; A city in Maricopa County and Yavapai County, Arizona, named after Peoria, Illinois.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, peoria ranks #16,734 of 42,752 for Qualifying.
peoria is pronounced /piːˈɔːɹi.ə/.
Etymology
From Miami peewaareewa (“comes carrying a pack on his back”).
name
- A number of places in the United States:; A city in Maricopa County and Yavapai County, Arizona, named after Peoria, Illinois.
- A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
- A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois.
- A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
- A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana.
- A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Mahaska County, Iowa.
- A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Franklin County, Kansas.
- A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
- A number of places in the United States:; A township in Knox County, Nebraska.
- A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio.
- A number of places in the United States:; A town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, named for the Peoria people.
- A typical, unremarkable United States city; Anytown.e.g.“"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, page 424:
noun
- A member of a Native American tribe, historically part of the Illinois Confederation.
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Words closest in meaning
By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.
- peorian 80% match — A native or inhabitant of Peoria, Illinois. vs peoria →
- illiniwek 56% match — The Illinois Confederation. vs peoria →
- yavapai 54% match — A Native American tribe of Arizona. vs peoria →
- wea 54% match — An indigenous people of western Indiana, USA and surrounding regions . vs peoria →
- peucetii 54% match — An ancient tribe inhabiting Apulia in southern Italy. vs peoria →
- skidi 53% match — A member of a band of Pawnee people who, in historical times, lived mainly along the Platte River, and now live in the Pawnee Nation, in Oklahoma. vs peoria →
- cherokee 53% match — A member of an indigenous North American people. vs peoria →
- moingona 53% match — A Miami-Illinois tribe, ultimately assimilated by the Peoria around 1700. vs peoria →