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Chicagoan

American  
[shi-kah-goh-uhn, -kaw-] / ʃɪˈkɑ goʊ ən, -ˈkɔ- /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Chicago, Ill.


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As every normal Chicagoan and baseball fan knows, it was Comiskey Park.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2025

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

From Salon May 10, 2025

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.

From BBC May 8, 2025

I knew Dick, a Chicagoan, was wise in the ways of the streets, and blunt-spoken.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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