Rock Island
Speech parts
1. Rock Island - Noun
2. Rock Island - Proper noun
Meaning
a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River; site of a Union prison during the American Civil War
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Examples
According to police, a preliminary investigation showed the victim, 31-year-old Diana S. Johnson, of Rock Island, hit several light poles and street signs prior to crashing into a tree in the 1200 block of 7th Avenue.
As demand for river-based transportation increased along the upper Mississippi, the navigability of the river throughout the "Rock Island Rapids" became a greater concern.
And then they told me that Rebecca Ashdown, who created the artwork for both The Misadventures of the Family FletcherThe Family Fletcher Take Rock Island, would be the cover artist again.
A 2017 survey about the proposed Rock Island Trail project conducted at the governor’s request by Missouri State Parks generated 419 pages of comments from 8,685 respondents.
From 1848 to 1852 the canal was a popular passenger route, but passenger service ended in 1853 with the opening of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad that ran parallel to the canal.
Police say 20-year-old Kody Langdon is wanted for failure to appear/burglary out of Rock Island County.