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The term “Polonia” originates from medieval Latin and came into common parlance during the second wave of Polish immigration to the United States after 1945. It can refer either to a specific Polish community in America or to the entire
community of Polish Americans. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Chicago's Polonia has been centered on the city's Northwest
Side.
Bibliography
Pacyga, Dominic A. “Polish America in Transition: Social Change and the Chicago Polonia, 1945–1980.” Polish American Studies (Spring 1987).
Parot, Joseph John. Polish Catholics in Chicago, 1850–1920: A Religious History. 1981.
Zglenicki, Leon. Poles of Chicago, 1837–1937: A History of One Century of Polish Contribution to the City of Chicago. 1937.
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