State and river in the American midwest (8)

I believe the answer is:

illinois

(Other definitions for illinois that I've seen before include "US state and river" , "Springfield is the US capital" , "USstate (Chicago)" , "US state by L. Michigan" , "Oil is nil, strangely, in this state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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