| 单词 | prairie state |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPrairie State Prairie State n. chieflyU.S. (a) in singular, the state of Illinois; (b) in plural (usually with lower-case initials), the states on the prairies of the U.S. Midwest (esp. Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > western states > prairie states Prairie State1842 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > specific states > Illinois Prairie State1842 1842 People's Advocate (Carrollton, Illinois) 6 Aug. 4/5 Federal Coon Whiggery extinct in the Prairie State! 1842 Wiskonsan Enquirer (Madison, Wisconsin Territory) 24 Dec. We must look to the Prairie States of Illinois, Wiskonsan and Iowa. 1868 Harper's Mag. June 123/2 When he pronounced ‘good-by’ to the Prairie State, at the State line, he said, ‘Behind the cloud the sun is shining still.’ 1919 E. Huntington Red Man's Continent iii. 72 We have already seen how much the soil was improved by glaciation in Wisconsin and Ohio. It was in the prairie States that this improvement reached a maximum. 2002 S. W. Usselman Regulating Railroad Innovation i. 34 In the Prairie State capital of Springfield, Lincoln had ample opportunity to observe the rapidly changing character of American political economy. < as lemmas |
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