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Evanston
(ev′ən stən)
city in NE Ill., on Lake Michigan: suburb of Chicago: pop. 74,000
Origin: after Dr. John Evans, local philanthropist
See Evanston in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A city of northeast Illinois on Lake Michigan north of Chicago. Mainly residential, it is the seat of Northwestern University (chartered 1851). Population: 75,500.
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