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
Proper noun
Chicago
- A large city located on Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois, USA. It is the county seat of Cook County.
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
Derived terms
Translations
large US city
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Further reading
References
- “Dialects Of Illinois, Chicago samples 3 and 6”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed 21 August 2012, archived from the original on 21 August 2012
- Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's pronunciation of the city's name
- Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's pronunciation of the city's name
- “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.”
- 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.”
- 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
Czech
Derived terms
- chicagský
Dutch
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃikaːɡoː]
- Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go
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
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃi.ˈka.ɡu/
Spanish
Tatar
Declension
declension of Chicago
| Nominative | Chicago |
|---|---|
| Genitive | Chicagonıñ |
| Dative | Chicagoga |
| Accusative | Chicagonı |
| Locative | Chicagoda |
| Ablative | Chicagodan |
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