Chicago
English
The Chicago skyline
Etymology
From French Chécagou, a transcription of Miami [Term?] or Potawatomi shikaakwa (“wild onion, leek; striped skunk”). Compare Ojibwe zhigaagawanzh / zhigaagawinzh (“onion, leek”), zhigaag (“striped skunk”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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 279587, 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.
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.[5][6][7]
Derived terms
Translations
large US city
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References
- Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America, volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, OCLC 2223337, page 49.
- “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 2012-08-21
- 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃɪkaːɡo], IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪkaːɡo]
- Rhymes: -aːɡo
Declension
Declension of Chicago
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Chicago |
| genitive | Chicaga |
| dative | Chicagu |
| accusative | Chicago |
| vocative | Chicago |
| locative | Chicagu |
| instrumental | Chicagem |
Derived terms
- chicagský
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʃiˈkaː.ɡoː/, /ˌtʃiˈkaː.ɡoː/
- Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃi.ka.ɡo/
Audio (file)
German
Alternative forms
- Chikago
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃiˈkaːɡo/, (by hypercorrection also) /tʃiˈkaːɡo/
Proper noun
Chicago n (proper noun, genitive Chicagos or (optionally with an article) Chicago)
- Chicago (a major city in Illinois, United States)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃikaːɡoː]
- Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go
- Rhymes: -ɡoː
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 | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Chicagóé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Chicagóéi | — |
| 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): /t͡ʃiˈka.ɡo/, (careful style) */ʃiˈka.ɡo/[1]
- Rhymes: -aɡo
- Hyphenation: Chi‧cà‧go
Portuguese
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃikaːɡo]
Proper noun
Chicago n (genitive singular Chicaga, declension pattern of mesto)
- Chicago (a city in Illinois, United States)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkaɡo/ [t͡ʃiˈka.ɣ̞o]
- Syllabification: Chi‧ca‧go
- IPA(key): (less common, imitating English pronunciation) /ʃiˈkaɡo/ [ʃiˈka.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -aɡo
Tatar
Declension
declension of Chicago
| Nominative | Chicago |
|---|---|
| Genitive | Chicagonıñ |
| Dative | Chicagoga |
| Accusative | Chicagonı |
| Locative | Chicagoda |
| Ablative | Chicagodan |
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