Chicago
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Chicago
- /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/ UK
- /ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/ US
- /ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ/ US
- /ʃəˈkɑː.ɡo/
- [ʃɪˈkä(ː).ɡo] Canada
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun
- 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.
noun
- Any of various forms of the game of pool, designed for gambling.
