Chicago
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Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/, /ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ/[1]
- (Canada) IPA(key): [ʃɪˈkä(ː).ɡo]
Audio (US): (file) Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Chicago
- A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.
- Synonyms: (slang) Chi, (US, slang) Chiraq, (informal) Chi-Town, (US, informal) Hogtown, (vulgar, derogatory) Shitcago, (informal) The Windy City
- 1953, Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March, New York: Viking Press, →OCLC, page 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.
- 2014, Norm Macdonald Live, season 2, episode 7, Norm Macdonald (actor):
- Chicago is now #1 in murder and sausages. That sounds like my kind of town!
Usage notes
[edit]- 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.[5][6][7]
Derived terms
[edit]- Chi
- Chicagoan
- Chicago atomizer
- Chicago blues
- Chicago Boy
- Chicago dog
- Chicagoese
- Chicagoesque
- Chicago Heights
- Chicagoland
- Chicago lightning
- Chicago overcoat
- Chicago piano
- Chicago pizza
- Chicago principles
- Chicago Protocol
- Chicagorilla
- Chicago school
- Chicago screw
- Chicago-style
- Chicago-style hot dog
- Chicago style pizza
- Chicago typewriter
- Chicongo
- Chimpcago
- Chimpcongo
- Chiraq
- Chisox
- Chi-Town
- East Chicago
- North Chicago
- Port Chicago
- Shitcago
- South Chicago
Translations
[edit]large US city
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References
[edit]- ^ Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America[1], volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 49.
- ^ “Dialects Of Illinois, Chicago samples 3 and 6”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], 2012 August 21 (last accessed), 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, 1987 December 7, page 20: “And, in a uniquely Chicago way, it was host for a perpetual, cosmopolitan feast of sights, sounds and smells.”
- ^ Vincent M. Lizzo (1994 April 22) “City of Rain”, in Chicago Reader[3]: “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[4], 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.”
Further reading
[edit]Chicago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Fort Chécagou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Chicago m
- Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Chicago n (related adjective chicagský)
- Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Chicago”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Chicago”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Chicago.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Chicago n
- Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Chicago f
- Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Chicago n (proper noun, genitive Chicagos or (optionally with an article) Chicago)
- Chicago (a major city in Illinois, United States)
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Chicago
- Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Chicago | ||
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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 | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Chicagóé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Chicagóéi | — |
Possessive forms of Chicago | ||
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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
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English, from Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp; striped skunk”), via the French transcription Chécagou.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Chicago f
References
[edit]- ^ Chicago in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Chicago.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɡu
- Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go
Proper noun
[edit]Chicago
- Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Chicago n
- Chicago (a city in Illinois, United States)
References
[edit]- “Chicago”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkaɡo/ [t͡ʃiˈka.ɣ̞o]
- IPA(key): (less common, imitating English pronunciation) /ʃiˈkaɡo/ [ʃiˈka.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -aɡo
- Syllabification: Chi‧ca‧go
Proper noun
[edit]Chicago ?
- Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)
Derived terms
[edit]Tatar
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Chicago
- Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)
Declension
[edit] declension of Chicago
Nominative | Chicago |
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Genitive | Chicagonıñ |
Dative | Chicagoga |
Accusative | Chicagonı |
Locative | Chicagoda |
Ablative | Chicagodan |
References
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- en:Chicago
- en:Cities in Illinois, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:County seats of Illinois, USA
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English terms with quotations
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
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- ca:Chicago
- ca:Cities in Illinois, USA
- ca:Cities in the United States
- ca:Places in Illinois, USA
- ca:Places in the United States
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Czech/aːɡo
- Rhymes:Czech/aːɡo/3 syllables
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech neuter nouns
- cs:Chicago
- cs:Cities in Illinois, USA
- cs:Cities in the United States
- cs:Places in Illinois, USA
- cs:Places in the United States
- Czech uncountable nouns
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- Dutch terms borrowed from English
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- nl:Chicago
- nl:Cities in Illinois, USA
- nl:Cities in the United States
- nl:Places in Illinois, USA
- nl:Places in the United States
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Chicago
- fr:Cities in Illinois, USA
- fr:Cities in the United States
- fr:Places in Illinois, USA
- fr:Places in the United States
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
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- de:Chicago
- de:Cities in Illinois, USA
- de:Cities in the United States
- de:Places in Illinois, USA
- de:Places in the United States
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɡoː
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɡoː/3 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Chicago
- hu:Cities in Illinois, USA
- hu:Cities in the United States
- hu:Places in Illinois, USA
- hu:Places in the United States
- Italian terms borrowed from English
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- Italian terms derived from Miami
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- Rhymes:Italian/aɡo
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- Italian lemmas
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- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Chicago
- it:Cities in Illinois, USA
- it:Cities in the United States
- it:Places in Illinois, USA
- it:Places in the United States
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/aɡu
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- Portuguese lemmas
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- pt:Chicago
- pt:Cities in Illinois, USA
- pt:Cities in the United States
- pt:Places in Illinois, USA
- pt:Places in the United States
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak neuter nouns
- sk:Chicago
- sk:Cities in Illinois, USA
- sk:Cities in the United States
- sk:Places in Illinois, USA
- sk:Places in the United States
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aɡo
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɡo/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
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- es:Chicago
- es:Cities in Illinois, USA
- es:Cities in the United States
- es:Places in Illinois, USA
- es:Places in the United States
- Spanish spelling pronunciations
- Tatar lemmas
- Tatar proper nouns
- tt:Chicago
- tt:Cities in Illinois, USA
- tt:Cities in the United States
- tt:Places in Illinois, USA
- tt:Places in the United States