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Calumet

 
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(kăl'yə-mĕt', -mĭt) pronunciation

A major industrial region of northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan adjacent to Chicago.

 

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Calumet (kăl'yūmĕt'), industrialized region of NW Ind. and NE Ill., along the south shore of Lake Michigan. Once a great heavy industry and steel manufacturing center, the area has become largely residential. The chief cities of the region are Gary, East Chicago, and Hammond (all in Indiana).

 
 

 

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