Peoria

[ pee-awr-ee-uh, -ohr- ]

noun

1. a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
2. a town in central Arizona.

Peoria

/ piːˈɔːrɪə /

noun

1. a port in N central Illinois, on the Illinois River. Pop: 112 907 (2003 est)

Other Words From

• Pe·ori·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

The Peoria gig was a warm-up for their slot on that summer’s Lollapalooza tour, to be followed by their major-label debut for Capitol Records.

From Washington Post

Peoria had long been a test market for consumer products, conservative politics and, many years earlier, vaudeville acts.

From Washington Post

That’s why, on that rainy Thursday, I set out with my appointment confirmation and prescribed medication for asthma, high blood pressure and high cholesterol — all to prove my eligibility — for the small city of nearly 33,000 people near Peoria.

From Washington Post

It’ll be different in Peoria than in Paris, but it’s a safe bet it will still be happening — viewers are streaming what they want to watch, and advertisers are racing to meet them on their streaming screens.

From Digiday

The University of Illinois was allowed to keep its Fighting Illini moniker, but without the support of the Peoria tribe, it was required to retire its Chief Illiniwek mascot.

From FiveThirtyEight

Mainstream gays want Pride parades to play well in Peoria, with large corporate floats and photogenic participants.

From The Daily Beast

Peoria indulges in, and mostly enjoys, just about every vice known to man or woman from New York to Baghdad to Bangkok.

From The Daily Beast

Ernst even sought to find out how Ulysses might play in Peoria (not well, if the returned survey is any indication).

From The Daily Beast

And how the world then reacts has equally major ripples from Peoria to Portland.

From The Daily Beast

The 16-year-old Shali was dropped into the alien world of high school in Peoria, Ill., unable to speak a word of English.

From The Daily Beast

A trail cut thither from Peoria soon became a well-worn coach road; roads were early opened to Chicago and Milwaukee.

From Project Gutenberg

About the middle of that September our annual Conference met in their new and not yet finished chapel, on Peoria bottom.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1835 he removed to Illinois, where in 1839 he joined the Peoria party for emigration to Oregon.

From Project Gutenberg

Away back in the fifties, "Hinman's" was not only the best school in Peoria, but it was the greatest school in the world.

From Project Gutenberg

At Peoria Lake they struck open water, and paddled thence to the Mississippi and turned their prows southward.

From Project Gutenberg