Chicagoland

informal name for the Chicago metropolitan area
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Summary

Chicagoland is a nickname[1].

Key Facts

  • Chicagoland is located in United States[2].
  • Chicagoland is in the country of United States[3].
  • Chicagoland's instance of is recorded as nickname[4].
  • Chicagoland's instance of is recorded as human-geographic territorial entity[5].
  • Chicago is named after Chicagoland[6].
  • Chicagoland's said to be the same as is recorded as Chicago metropolitan area[7].
  • Chicagoland comprises Chicago Southland[8].
  • Chicagoland comprises Chicago[9].
  • Chicagoland comprises collar counties[10].
  • July 27, 1926 marks the founding of Chicagoland[11].
  • Chicagoland's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chicagoland[12].
  • Chicagoland's described by source is recorded as Chicago Tribune[13].
  • Chicagoland's topic has template is recorded as Template:User Chicagoland[14].
  • Chicagoland's demonym is recorded as Chicagolander[15].
  • Chicagoland's native label is recorded as Chicagoland[16].
  • Chicagoland's different from is recorded as Chicagoland[17].
  • Chicagoland's territory overlaps is recorded as Chicago metropolitan area[18].
  • Chicagoland's territory overlaps is recorded as Chicago Region[19].
  • Chicagoland's territory overlaps is recorded as Chicago urban area[20].
  • Chicagoland's named by is recorded as Robert Rutherford McCormick[21].
  • Chicagoland's significant place is recorded as Chicago[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include nickname[4] and human-geographic territorial entity[5].

Origins

Chicago is named after Chicagoland[6]. July 27, 1926 marks the founding of Chicagoland[11].

Use and Application

Components include Chicago Southland[8], a human-geographic territorial entity[23], in United States[24]; Chicago[9], a city of Illinois[25], in United States[26], founded in 1837[27]; and collar counties[10], a human-geographic territorial entity[28], in United States[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1926-07-27T00:00:00Z
    Significant place → Chicago
    Locator map image → Chicagoland Map.svg
    Detail map → Chicagoland Counties.JPG
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap node id: 12895334915, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/12895334915"
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