Rock Island

noun

1. a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.

Example Sentences

Simmons said she is one of about nine contact tracers in the county, which is home to the cities of Rock Island and Moline.

From ProPublica

Despite competing claims made by the British government and nearby Antigua, the rock island maintained its sovereignty.

From The Daily Beast

Kent Barnds is the VP of enrollment, communication and planning at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.

From The Daily Beast

Three miles from Rock Island City, inland, is a resort frequented by the residents of both sides of the river.

From Project Gutenberg

Rock Island City has a commerce and trade second to no city of its size in the Union.

From Project Gutenberg

I was surprised to find Davenport and Rock Island such large places.

From Project Gutenberg

Traveling up the river, five miles from the Falls, brings us to Rock Island.

From Project Gutenberg

The head at the base symbolizes the rock island on which the sealion hauled, when this incident took place.

From Project Gutenberg