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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Elgin
a city in NE Illinois. 69,810.

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1.  elgin
or Moray (43), a northern Scottish county, fronting the Moray Firth and lying between Banff and Nairn, mountainous in the S. but flat to the N., watered by the Spey, Lossie, and Findhorn; agriculture, stone-quarrying, distilling, and fishing are the staple industries; has some imposing ruins and interesting antiquities.

2.  elgin
the county town of above, on the Lossie; created a royal burgh by David I.; has ruins of a fine Gothic cathedral and royal castle.

3.  elgin
a city in Illinois, on the Fox, 35 m. NW. of Chicago; watchmaking the chief industry.

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