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Ev·ans·ton (ev′ən stən)

city in NE Ill., on Lake Michigan: suburb of Chicago: pop. 74,000

Etymology: after Dr. John Evans, local philanthropist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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