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Chicagoland

Chicagoland proper noun: the metropolitan area of Chicago, including parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

Proper noun

Chicagoland

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

Chicagoland meaning in Tamil

Chicagoland in Tamil

புறநகர் பகுதிகள்

Origin of Chicagoland

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.

Questions about Chicagoland

What does Chicagoland mean?
Chicagoland means the metropolitan area of Chicago, including parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
What is Chicagoland in Tamil?
Chicagoland in Tamil is புறநகர் பகுதிகள். See Chicagoland meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Chicagoland?
Chicagoland is a proper noun.

Words near Chicagoland in the dictionary

  1. Chicago-style relish
  2. Chicagoan
  3. Chicagoans
  4. Chicagoese
  5. Chicagoesque
  6. Chicagoland
  7. Chicagolander
  8. Chicagolanders
  9. Chicagorilla
  10. Chicagorillas
  11. chicalote

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chicagoland (page history and authors); Chicagoland (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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