Schaumburg Hear it!

Schaumburg definition

Schaum·burg (s̸hôm′bərg, s̸häm′-)

village in NE Ill., near Chicago: pop. 75,000

Etymology: after Schaumburg-Lippe, former state in Germany whence many settlers emigrated

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

Comments


Do you have more to add? Sign in to share your linguistic knowledge or observation.

Connect with Facebook