Chicago

English thumb|310px|The Chicago skyline Etymology en city :bor fr:Chécagou<ety:bor<mia:šikaakwa>> 1 From en fr Chécagou, a transcription of en mia šikaakwa wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk, from en alg-pro *šeka·kwa; compare oj zhigaagawanzh//zhigaagawinzh onion, leek, oj zhigaag striped skunk. en skunk. Pronunciation en /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/ RP en /ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/ /ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ/ GAII 49 en /ʃəˈkɑː.ɡo/ ChicagoDialects Of Illinois, Chicago samples 3 and 6 http://web.ku.edu/~idea/northamerica/usa/illinois/illinois.htm 21 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120821234715/http://web.ku.edu/~idea/northamerica/usa/illinois/illinois.htm 21 August 2012 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's pronunciation of the city's name, /ʃəˈkɔː.ɡo/Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's pronunciation of the city's name en [ʃɪˈkä(ː).ɡo] CA en en-us-Chicago.ogg US en En-Chicago.ogg en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Chicago.wav US Proper noun en Q1297en large city/county seat co/Cook County in northeastern s/Illinois c/USA, located on Lake Michigan. TopoZone: Chicago en Chi slang Chiraq US, slang Chi-Town informal Hogtown US, informal Shitcago vulgar, derogatory The Windy City informal 3 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. en Norm Macdonald Norm Macdonald Live 2014 2 7 Chicago is now #1 in murder and sausages. That sounds like my kind of town! en Priscilla Alvarez; Rosa Flores Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/chicago-immigration-trump-ice/index.html 2025-01-26 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250309132730/https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/chicago-immigration-trump-ice/index.html 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.December 7, 1987 Welcome Back, Amphitheatre Chicago Tribune http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24861744.html?dids=24861744:24861744&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT 20 And, in a uniquely Chicago way, it was host for a perpetual, cosmopolitan feast of sights, sounds and smells.April 22, 1994 Vincent M. Lizzo City of Rain Chicago Reader http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/city-of-rain/Content?oid=884340 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20200903004542/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/city-of-rain/Content?oid=884340 3 September 20202004 Elizabeth Canning Blackwell Frommer's Portable Chicago http://books.google.com/books?id=TDkICyUlnSkC&pg=PA81 81 4th 0764568841 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. Derived terms en Chicago pizza,Chicago-style pizza,Chicago style pizza Chi Chicago-style relish Chicagoan Chicago atomizer Chicago blues Chicago Boy Chicago brick Chicago dog North Chicago Chicagoese Chicagoesque Chicago Heights Chicagoland Chicago lightning Chicago overcoat Chicago piano Chicago porch Chicago principles Chicago Protocol Chicagorilla Chicago school Chicago screw Chicago style Chicago-style hot dog Chicago-style Chicago typewriter Chicongo Chimpcago Chimpcongo Chiraq Chisox Chi-Town East Chicago Port Chicago Shitcago South Chicago Translations large US city Afrikaans: af Chicago Arabic: ar شِيكَاغُو f Hijazi Arabic: acw شكاقو f šikāgu, acw شيكاقو f šīkāgu Aramaic: arc ܫܝܩܓܘ Armenian: hy Չիկագո Azerbaijani: az Çikaqo Belarusian: be Чыка́га m Bengali: bn শিকাগো Bulgarian: bg Чика́го n Burmese: my ရှီကာဂို Cherokee: chr ᏏᎧᎪ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 芝加哥 zi1 gaa1 go1 Hokkien: nan-hbl 芝加哥 Chi-ka-ko Mandarin: cmn 芝加哥 Zhījiāgē Czech: cs Chicago n Dutch: nl Chicago Esperanto: eo Ĉikago, eo Ŝikago Farefare: gur Sikago Fijian: fj Sikako Finnish: fi Chicago French: fr Chicago f Galician: gl Chicago m Georgian: ka ჩიკაგო German: de Chicago n, dated de Chikago n Greek: el Σικάγο n Hebrew: he שיקגו Shiqago Hindi: hi शिकागो Indonesian: id Chicago Irish: ga Chicago, ga Siceagó Italian: it Chicago f Japanese: ja シカゴ Shikago Kannada: kn ಚಿಕಾಗೋ Korean: ko 시카고 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb شیکاگۆ Latin: la Sicagum Latvian: lv Čikāga f Lithuanian: lt Čikaga f Luhya: luy Chicago Macedonian: mk Чика́го n Malay: ms Chicago Malayalam: ml ഷിക്കാഗോ Marathi: mr शिकागो Marshallese: mh Jikako Navajo: nv Shikááʼgóó Occitan: oc Chicago Odia: or ଚିକାଗୋ Ojibwe: oj Gaa-zhigaagowanzhigokaag, oj Zhigaagong Persian: fa شیکاگو šikâgo Polish: pl Chicago n Portuguese: pt Chicago f Potawatomi: pot zhekagoynak Punjabi: pa ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ Russian: ru Чика́го m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Чика̑го m Latin: sh Čikȃgo m Sicilian: scn Chicagu f Somali: so Chicago, so Shikaago Spanish: es Chicago f Swahili: sw chichago Swedish: sv Chicago n Tamil: ta சிகாகோ Tatar: tt Chicago Telugu: te చికాగో Thai: th ชิคาโก chíkaagoh Turkish: tr Şikago, tr Chicago Turkmen: tk Çikago Ukrainian: uk Чика́го, uk Чика́ґо Urdu: ur شکاگو śikāgo Uyghur: ug چىكاگو Uzbek: uz Chikago Vietnamese: vi Si-ca-gô, vi Chi-ca-gô, vi Chi Gia Kha obsolete Welsh: cy Sicago Yiddish: yi שיקאַגאָ, yi שיקאַגע f shikage Yoruba: yo Ṣìkágò Noun - Chicago (pool) Any of various forms of the game of pool, designed for gambling. References Further reading Fort Chécagou Catalan Etymology ca :bor en:Chicago From ca en Chicago. Pronunciation [Ch:X] Proper noun m ca large city s/Illinois c/USA Chicago Czech cs: Etymology cs :ubor en:Chicago + 1 Pronunciation Šikágo Čikágo cs aːɡo 3 Proper noun n chicagský cs large city s/Illinois c/USA Chicago Declension n.sg Further reading Dutch nl: Etymology nl :bor en:Chicago Borrowed from nl en Chicago. Pronunciation nl /ˌʃiˈkaː.ɡoː/ /ˌtʃiˈkaː.ɡoː/ nl Chi ca go Proper noun n nl large city s/Illinois c/USA Chicago Finnish fi: Etymology fi :bor en:Chicago From fi en Chicago. Pronunciation ʃikɑgo Proper noun Chicago US metropolis Declension 1 Chicag o a French fr: Etymology fr :bor en:Chicago From fr en Chicago. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Chicago.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-Chicago.wav <<Canada>> (<<Shawinigan>>) fr o 3 fr Chi ca go Proper noun f Chicagoan,Chicagolais fr large city s/Illinois c/USA Chicago German de: Alternative forms de Chikago Etymology de :bor en:Chicago From de en Chicago. Pronunciation de /ʃiˈkaːɡo/ by hypercorrection also /tʃiˈkaːɡo/ Proper noun toponym de Chicago Q1297 Hungarian hu: Etymology hu :ubor en:Chicago hu en Chicago. Pronunciation csikágó hu Chi ca go hu ɡoː 3 Proper noun hu proper noun hu large city s/Illinois c/USA Chicago Declension Chicag ó Chicagó sgChicagó sg Derived terms hu chicagói Italian it: Etymology it :bor en:Chicago it en -, from it mia šikaakwa wild leek, ramp; striped skunk, via the it fr - transcription fr Chécagou. Pronunciation Cicàgo,!Scicàgo<r:DiPI><hyph:Chi.cà.go> Proper noun f it large city s/Illinois Chicago References Portuguese pt: Etymology pt :bor en:Chicago + 1 Pronunciation pt aɡu 3 pt Chi ca go Proper noun f chicaguense pt Chicago Q1297 pt Cidade dos Ventos Slovak sk: Etymology sk :ubor en:Chicago + 1 Pronunciation šikágo Proper noun n Chicaga mesto sk city s/Illinois c/US Chicago References Spanish es: Etymology es :bor en:Chicago + 1 Pronunciation + Shicago<qq:less common, imitating English pronunciation> + Proper noun f chicaguense es Chicago Q1297 es spelling pronunciations Tatar Proper noun proper noun l tt Çikago tt large city s/Illinois c/USA Chicago tt 2005-03-02 tt:AQŞ mäxkämäse: xökümät terrorda şiklänelgän keşene qanunsız räweştä törmädä tota lw:tt:Azatlıq radiosı https://www.azatliq.org/a/817747.html Ä Padilla Chicago hava mäydanına kilep töşkäç qulğa alınğan ide. https://web.archive.org/web/20260515195438/https://www.azatliq.org/a/817747.html 15 May 2026 tt 2005-03-18 tt:Kürenekle uyğır dissidentı Rabiğä Qadıyr Quşma Ştatlarğa kilde lw:tt:Azatlıq radiosı https://www.azatliq.org/a/817997.html Comğağa qarşı töndä Qıtaydan ğailäse yäşägän Chicago şähärenä yul totqanda, https://web.archive.org/web/20250627021735/https://www.azatliq.org/a/817997.html 27 June 2025 Declension nıñ ga nı da dan Turkish tr: Alternative forms tr Şikago Etymology tr :ubor en:Chicago 1 1 Pronunciation şi'ka:go Proper noun tr Chicago Q1297