Chicago
UK/ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ//ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/
Chicago proper noun: a large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.
Proper noun
Chicago
- 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.1953 September 18, Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March […], New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 3
- Chicago is now #1 in murder and sausages. That sounds like my kind of town!2014, Norm Macdonald Live, season 2, episode 7, Norm Macdonald (actor)
Noun
Chicago (uncountable)
- Any of various forms of the game of pool, designed for gambling.
Chicago meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Chicago in Hindi
- large US city
- शिकागो śikāgo
Chicago in Tamil
- large US city
- சிகாகோ cikākō
Chicago in Marathi
- large US city
- शिकागो śikāgo
Chicago in Urdu
- large US city
- شکاگو śikāgo
More languagesFewer languages
- Chicago in Bengali
- শিকাগো śikagō
- Chicago in Telugu
- చికాగో cikāgō
- Chicago in Malayalam
- ഷിക്കാഗോ ṣikkāgō
- Chicago in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ śikāgo
- Chicago in Arabic
- شِيكَاغُو šīkāḡū
- Chicago in Malay
- Chicago
- Chicago in Indonesian
- Chicago
- Chicago in Persian
- شیکاگو šikâgo
- Chicago in Thai
- ชิคาโก chíkaagoh
- Chicago in Vietnamese
- Si-ca-gô, Chi-ca-gô, Chi Gia Kha
- Chicago in Myanmar
- ရှီကာဂို hrikagui
Synonyms of Chicago
Origin of 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.
Words formed from Chicago
- Chi
- Chicagoan
- Chicago atomizer
- Chicago blues
- Chicago Boy
- Chicago dog
- Chicagoese
- Chicagoesque
- Chicago Heights
- Chicagoland
- Chicago lightning
- Chicago overcoat
- Chicago piano
- Chicago pizza
- Chicago porch
- Chicago principles
- Chicago Protocol
- Chicagorilla
- Chicago school
- Chicago screw
- Chicago style
- Chicago-style
- Chicago-style hot dog
- Chicago style pizza
- Chicago-style relish
- Chicago typewriter
- Chicongo
- Chimpcago
- Chimpcongo
- Chiraq
- Chisox
- Chi-Town
- East Chicago
- North Chicago
- Port Chicago
- Shitcago
- South Chicago
Phrases with Chicago
Questions about Chicago
- What does Chicago mean?
- Chicago means a large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.
- What is Chicago in Hindi?
- Chicago in Hindi is शिकागो (śikāgo). See Chicago meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Chicago?
- Chicago can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Chicago?
- Chicago is pronounced /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/ (UK).
Words near Chicago in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Chicago (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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