PEORIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peoria mean? 

• PEORIA (noun)
  The noun PEORIA has 1 sense:

1. a city in central Illinois on the Illinois River

  Familiarity information: PEORIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEORIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in central Illinois on the Illinois River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Peoria" is a part of...):

IL; Ill.; Illinois; Land of Lincoln; Prairie State (a midwestern state in north-central United States)

 Context examples 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Peoria, Illinois, helped mass produce the antibiotic during World War II to treat Allied soldiers and later civilians.

(Soil Bacterium Tapped for Penicillin Guard Duty, U.S. Department of Agriculture)