Editing State of Illinois

'''Illinois'''<ref>Derived from [[Miami-Illinois language|Miami-Illinois]] 'Iliniwek', meaning 'The best people'.</ref>, officially the '''State of Illinois''', often referred to as the '''Land of [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]'''<ref>Lincoln was born in [[Commonwealth of Kentucky|Kentucky]] and spent most of his childhood in [[State of Indiana|Indiana]]; although he did move to Illinois in 1830, serving in the [[Illinois Militia]] during the [[Black Hawk War]] and being elected to both the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] & the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Illinois's 7th congressional district|Illinois's 7th district]].</ref> or the '''Prairie State''', is a federal state of the [[United States of America|United States]].