Prairie State

noun

1. Illinois (used as a nickname).

Example Sentences

Only a tenth of a percent of the prairie that held the soil together for centuries in Illinois, the “Prairie State,” remains today.

From Scientific American

For the “Middle of Everything” campaign, the award-winning actor traipses around the Prairie State wearing a jaunty blue beret and a gleeful expression.

From Washington Post

Prairie State Generating Station, Illinois’ largest emitter, will be allowed to remain open.

From Scientific American

And the 2012 opening of Marissa’s Prairie State Generating Co., under existing clean-air laws, reveals the economic and ideological struggle over the severity of the threat of climate change and how best to halt it.

From Seattle Times

Prairie State has hired union tradespeople for a portion of the work.

From New York Times