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Chicagoan

[shi-kah-goh-uhn, -kaw-]

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Chicago, Ill.



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Every kind of possible Chicagoan was there on the night I visited, all having a good time.

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One of his last Facebook posts, earlier this month, as a Chicagoan educated by Jesuits, was, “pope leo XIV is a sout’ sider my friendts. his cassock size is 4XIV.”

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Since he’s a native Chicagoan, there were the obligatory yuks about deep dish communion and Malört.

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"I'm still surprised they chose an American, to be honest," said Chicagoan Kerry, who is in Rome on her honeymoon.

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And yet, around this city there's palpable excitement, particularly among Catholics, that the new pontiff is not only American - he's a South Side Chicagoan.

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