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State flower : Native Violet
State Bird : Cardinal
State Tree : White Oak
State Motto : State sovereignty, national union


The state capital is Springfield.

The state is named for the Illinois , or Illini, a confederation of Native Americans of various tribes who inhabited Illinois and other sections of the Midwest at the time the first French explorers entered the region. The name Illinois is said to have been a French version of the Illini word for themselves.

Abraham Lincoln lived and practiced law in Springfield from 1837 until he became president in 1861

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