Peoria
26
5.4
- proper noun
- /piˈɔːriə/
:
Peoria
- SePRO has worked with the ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois, to develop this agent.
- Peoria, Illinois
- Peoria, IL
- Peoria, IL 61604
Before that, though, I just want to bring up one thing from the pilgrimage to Peoria that has Philip Jose Farmer being interviewed.
- Before that, though, I just want to bring up one thing from the pilgrimage to Peoria that has Philip Jose Farmer being interviewed.
- Well, I'm sorry, I don't think that plays in Peoria anymore, Not today.
- He said I was in Peoria El Adore and I went into a record store and I, I put it in my jacket.
Examples
-
The last connecting flight to Peoria is through Chicago, but it's all sold out.
-
My mother, growing up in Peoria, did not enjoy being Jewish.
Fiction book (2000) -
People in Peoria are saying the exact same thing.
-
But it's not gonna play that way in Peoria.
-
My father had also come to Peoria by way of St. Louis.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Will it rain constantly in Peoria, Illinois, today, or will it let up?"
Academic text (2011) -
Did you know that Alfred's roots come from Peoria, Illinois?
-
And, and they used to say if it'll play in Peoria, it'll play anywhere.
-
The material's space-age promise could get a further lift from the efforts of ARS scientists in Peoria, Illinois.
Academic text (2005) -
The last connecting flight to Peoria is through Chicago, but it's all sold out.
Idioms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Peoria comes from the name of the Peoria people, a Native American tribe from the Illinois River area, so the city was named after the tribe.