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From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: bizarre place names
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Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 22:47:46 EDT
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> Chicago comes from an Indian word meaning "cesspool".
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> 				Scott Anderson
> 				ihnp4!oddjob!kaos!sra

According to "Trivial Pursuit, Genus II" (I know, a really authoritative
source) Chicago comes from "Garlic Field".