Chicagoland
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The metropolitan area of Chicago, including parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
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.
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