Chicago

English

the Chicago skyline

Etymology

From Miami or Potawatomi shikaakwa (“wild onion, leek; striped skunk”), via the French transcription Chécagou. Compare Ojibwe zhigaagawanzh / zhigaagawinzh (“onion, leek”), zhigaag (“striped skunk”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/, /ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ/
    • (Chicago) IPA(key): /ʃəˈkɑː.ɡoʊ/[1][2], /ʃəˈkɔː.ɡoʊ/[3]
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Proper noun

Chicago

  1. A large city located on Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois, USA. It is the county seat of Cook County.
    Synonyms: Chi (slang), Chiraq (US, slang), Chi-Town (informal), Hogtown (US, informal), Shitcago (vulgar, derogatory), The Windy City (informal)

Usage notes

In Chicago-related contexts, the word Chicago is often used to refer to certain attributes conventionally associated with the city, such as being tough and hearty, bustling and diverse, or ruthless and corrupt.[4][5][6]

Derived terms

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Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Dialects Of Illinois, Chicago samples 3 and 6
  2. ↑ Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's pronunciation of the city's name
  3. ↑ Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's pronunciation of the city's name
  4. ↑ “Welcome Back, Amphitheatre”, in Chicago Tribune, December 7, 1987, page 20: “And, in a uniquely Chicago way, it was host for a perpetual, cosmopolitan feast of sights, sounds and smells.”
  5. ↑ Vincent M. Lizzo (April 22, 1994), “City of Rain”, in Chicago Reader‎: “Some of our real police-type deputies set up a deal on him and took him down in just two days. A very Chicago kind of crime, complete with a moral: the police don't tolerate outsiders messing on their turf.”
  6. ↑ Elizabeth Canning Blackwell (2004) Frommer's Portable Chicago‎, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 81: “Heavy, filling and very Chicago, Mr. Beef really hops during lunchtime, when dusty construction workers and suit-wearing businessmen crowd in for their meaty fix.”

Catalan

Proper noun

Chicago m

  1. Chicago

Dutch

Proper noun

Chicago ?

  1. Chicago (US city)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃikaːɡoː]
  • Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go

Proper noun

Chicago

  1. Chicago

Declension

Inflection of Chicago
singular plural
nominative Chicago —
accusative Chicagót —
dative Chicagónak —
instrumental Chicagóval —
causal-final Chicagóért —
translative Chicagóvá —
terminative Chicagóig —
essive-formal Chicagóként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Chicagóban —
superessive Chicagón —
adessive Chicagónál —
illative Chicagóba —
sublative Chicagóra —
allative Chicagóhoz —
elative Chicagóból —
delative Chicagóról —
ablative Chicagótól —
Possessive forms of Chicago
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Chicagóm —
2nd person sing. Chicagód —
3rd person sing. Chicagója —
1st person plural Chicagónk —
2nd person plural Chicagótok —
3rd person plural Chicagójuk —

Derived terms

  • chicagói

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English, from Miami or Potawatomi shikaakwa (“wild onion, leek; striped skunk”), via the French transcription Chécagou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiˈka.ɡo/, [ʃiˈkäːɡo], /tʃiˈka.ɡo/, [t͡ʃiˈkäːɡo]
  • Hyphenation: Chi‧cà‧go

Proper noun

Chicago f

  1. Chicago (a city in Illinois)

Portuguese

Etymology

From English Chicago.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃi.ˈka.ɡu/

Proper noun

Chicago f

  1. Chicago (a city in Illinois, United States of America)

Spanish

Proper noun

Chicago ?

  1. Chicago (large US city)

Tatar

Proper noun

Chicago

  1. Chicago

Declension

References

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