Evanston

English

Etymology

From Evans +‎ -ton.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Evanston

  1. A southern suburb of the Town of Gawler, South Australia.
  2. A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A small community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  4. A place in the United States:
    1. A city in Cook County, Illinois; a suburb of Chicago.
      • 2025 September 19, Alisha Ebrahimji, Emma Tucker, “Chicago-area mayor says federal agents teargassed him at a protest outside an ICE facility”, in CNN‎[1]:
        Daniel Biss, the mayor of Evanston, Illinois, spoke about the incident in a video posted late Friday morning to his X account, saying: “Not only did they come with weapons and violence, show of force and drive a van into us, but then they teargassed us, and I have to tell you, it was terrifying.” […] Evanston is a progressive stronghold and home to Northwestern University, about 15 miles north of Chicago’s Loop and some 30 miles from Broadview.
    2. An unincorporated community in Huff Township, Spencer County, Indiana.
    3. An unincorporated community in Breathitt County, Kentucky.
    4. A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
    5. A city, the county seat of Uinta County, Wyoming.

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