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Brookfield.

Brookfield. 1. Village (1990 pop. 18,876), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; inc. 1893. The noted Chicago Zoological Park (Brookfield Zoo) is there. 2. City (1990 pop. 35,184), Waukesha co., SE Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee; inc. 1954. With its iron foundries and light manufacturing, the city has undergone suburban expansion since 1975.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

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