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Chicagoland

name

Etymology

From Chicago + -land. Generally thought to have been popularized by Robert R. McCormick, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, first using it on page 1 of the July 27, 1926 issue, although it may have been coined much earlier.

Definitions

  1. The metropolitan area of Chicago, including parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Chicagoland. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA