Maywood

Illinois village name

Maywood is a place name shared by several American cities and towns, most notably a city in Los Angeles County, California, and a village in Cook County, Illinois.

Both are working-class suburbs with significant Latino populations.

The name likely derives from a combination of "May" (the month or a personal name) and "wood" (forest), a common pattern in American place naming.

She grew up in Maywood, just outside Chicago.

botanical

hawthorn

Thorny berry-bearing shrub

hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs
blossomFlower on fruit tree
springRecoiling metal spiral

flowering · shrub · berries · thorny · whitethorn · hedgerow · traditional · English · countryside · thicket

name

surname

Hereditary family identifier

given namePersonal name from birth
familyRelated people together
heritageInherited cultural legacy

genealogy · ancestry · English · personal · identity · namesake · lineage · origin · botanical · tree

place

neighborhood

Residential area nearby

suburbOutlying residential district
communityCollective of connected people
Los AngelesSouthern California metropolis

residential · district · Bell · incorporated · city · California · municipality · urban · gateway · census

musical

Grease

Fifties-set stage production

filmMovie or coating
movieRecorded visual narrative
1950sDecade after WWII

Rizzo · Stockard Channing · high school · character · hometown · backstory · setting · fictional · origin · Sandy

band

Dutch

Of the Netherlands

popFizzy drink, regionally
duoTwo working together
sistersFemale kin or nuns

1980s · Eurovision · European · synth-pop · Netherlands · Cora · Alice · ballad · chart · hit

Opposites

settlement size/urban scale

MaywoodNew York City

America's largest city

Los Angeles · Chicago · Tokyo · London · metropolis

Family

may, wood, woods, wooded, wooden, woody, woodland, woodsy

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G