centralia

C3E1N1T1R1A1L1I1A1

proper noun

A city in Clinton County, Jefferson County, Marion County and Washington County, Illinois, named after the Illinois Central Railroad.

Less commonScrabble 11
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

centralia1

noun
  1. pluralplural of centrale

Centralia2

proper noun
  1. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city in Clinton County, Jefferson County, Marion County and Washington County, Illinois, named after the Illinois Central Railroad.
    2. A township in Marion County, Illinois.
    3. A minor city in Dubuque County, Iowa.
    4. A minor city in Nemaha County, Kansas.
    5. A city and township in Boone County, Missouri.
    6. A hamlet in the town of Stockton, Chautauqua County, New York.
    7. An unincorporated community in Craig County, Oklahoma.
    8. A borough and near-ghost town (due to an underground coal-mine fire) in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
    9. An unincorporated community in Trinity County, Texas.
    10. An unincorporated community in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
    11. A city in Lewis County, Washington.
    12. An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, the geographic centre of the state.
    13. A former city, merged in 1900 with Grand Rapids, later renamed Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
  2. A community in South Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.

Centralia3

proper noun
  1. Nickname for Central Australia: a geographic region in the Northern Territory, Australia, centred on Alice Springs.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
central australiared centre

Origin

From central + -ia.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Claretianlacertiannectarial
Cite this entry
APA

centralia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centralia

MLA

“centralia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centralia. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centralia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centralia.

Source: centralia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.