Rock Island

/rɑk ˌaɪlənd/
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Definitions of Rock Island
  1. noun
    a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River; site of a Union prison during the American Civil War
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    an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
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