Chicago
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ//
- United States//ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ//
- United States//ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ//
A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.
proper noun
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A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.
I am an American, Chicago born—Chicago, that somber city—and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted; sometimes an innocent knock, sometimes a not so innocent.
Chicago is now #1 in murder and sausages. That sounds like my kind of town!
Homan, who was on the ground in Chicago, maintained it was a “criminal operation.” Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove was also in Chicago on Sunday to observe immigration enforcement operations.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Algonquian *šek- Proto-Algonquian *-a·kw- Proto-Algonquian *-a Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa Miami šikaakwabor. French Chécagoubor. English Chicago From French Chécagou, a transcription of Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa; compare Ojibwe zhigaagawanzh /zhigaagawinzh (“onion, leek”), zhigaag (“striped skunk”). Doublet of skunk.
Chicago · A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.
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