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Elgin
El·gin [ élgin ] city in northeastern Illinois, on the Fox River, north of Aurora and west of Chicago.
Population: 96,539 (2002 estimate).
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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