Chicago

English edit

The Chicago skyline

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]
- (Chicago) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈkɑː.ɡo/^[2]^[3], /ʃəˈkɔː.ɡo/^[4]
(Canada) IPA^(key): [ʃɪˈkä(ː).ɡo]
Audio (US) (file)
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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.

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

Translations edit

large US city

Afrikaans: Chicago
Arabic: شِيكَاغُو f (šīkāḡū)
Hijazi Arabic: شكاقو f (šikāgu), شيكاقو f (šīkāgu)
Aramaic: ܫܝܩܓܘ
Armenian: Չիկագո (Čʻikago)
Azerbaijani: Çikaqo
Belarusian: Чыка́га m (Čykáha)
Bengali: শিকাগো (śikagō)
Bulgarian: Чика́го n (Čikágo)
Burmese: ရှီကာဂို (hrikagui)
Cherokee: ᏏᎧᎪ (sikago)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 芝加哥 (zi¹ gaa¹ go¹)

Hokkien: 芝加哥 (Chi-ka-ko)

Mandarin: 芝加哥 (zh) (Zhījiāgē)
Czech: Chicago (cs) n
Dutch: Chicago (nl)
Esperanto: Ĉikago, Ŝikago
Farefare: Sikago
Finnish: Chicago (fi)
French: Chicago (fr) f
Galician: Chicago (gl) m
Georgian: ჩიკაგო (čiḳago)
German: Chicago (de) n, (dated) Chikago n
Greek: Σικάγο (el) n (Sikágo)
Hebrew: שיקגו (he) (Shiqago)
Hindi: शिकागो (śikāgo)
Indonesian: Chicago
Irish: Chicago, Siceagó
Italian: Chicago (it) f
Japanese: シカゴ (Shikago)
Korean: 시카고 (ko) (sikago)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شیکاگۆ (şîkago)
Latin: Sicagum
Latvian: Čikāga f
Lithuanian: Čikaga f
Luhya: Chicago
Macedonian: Чика́го n (Čikágo)
Malay: Chicago
Malayalam: ഷിക്കാഗോ (ṣikkāgō)
Marathi: शिकागो (śikāgo)
Marshallese: Jikako
Navajo: Shikááʼgóó
Occitan: Chicago
Ojibwe: Zhigaagong
Persian: شیکاگو (šikâgo)
Polish: Chicago (pl) n
Portuguese: Chicago f
Potawatomi: Éshegago
Punjabi: ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ (śikāgo)
Russian: Чика́го (ru) m (Čikágo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Чика̑го m

Roman: Čikȃgo (sh) m
Sicilian: Chicagu f
Spanish: Chicago (es) f
Swahili: chichago (sw)
Swedish: Chicago n
Tamil: சிகாகோ (cikākō)
Tatar: Chicago
Telugu: చికాగో (cikāgō)
Thai: ชิคาโก (chíkaagoh)
Turkish: Şikago, Chicago
Ukrainian: Чика́го (Čykáho), Чика́ґо (Čykágo)
Vietnamese: Si-ca-gô
Yiddish: שיקאַגאָ (shikago), שיקאַגע f (shikage)
Yoruba: Ṣìkágò

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.”

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central) [ʃiˈka.ɣu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʃiˈka.ɣo]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [t͡ʃiˈka.ɣo]

Proper noun edit

Chicago m

Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈʃɪkaːɡo]
IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪkaːɡo]
Rhymes: -aːɡo

Proper noun edit

Chicago n (related adjective chicagský)

Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

Declension edit

Declension of Chicago (sg-only velar neuter)

	singular
nominative	Chicago
genitive	Chicaga
dative	Chicagu
accusative	Chicago
vocative	Chicago
locative	Chicagu
instrumental	Chicagem

Dutch edit

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Chicago

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English Chicago.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˌʃiˈkaː.ɡoː/, /ˌtʃiˈkaː.ɡoː/
Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go

Proper noun edit

Chicago n

Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

French edit

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Chicago

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃi.ka.ɡo/
Audio (file)

Proper noun edit

Chicago f

Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Chikago

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkaːɡo/, (by hypercorrection also) /tʃiˈkaːɡo/

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

Chicago on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃikaːɡoː]
Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go
Rhymes: -ɡoː

Proper noun edit

Chicago

Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

Declension edit

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 edit

chicagói

Italian edit

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Chicago

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English, from Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp; striped skunk”), via the French transcription Chécagou.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈka.ɡo/, (careful style) ^*/ʃiˈka.ɡo/^[1]
Rhymes: -aɡo
Hyphenation: Chi‧cà‧go

Proper noun edit

Chicago f

Chicago (a large city in Illinois)

References edit

^ Chicago in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English Chicago.

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈka.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈka.ɡo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈka.ɡu/ [ʃiˈka.ɣu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈka.ɡu/ [t͡ʃiˈka.ɣu]

Rhymes: -aɡu
Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go

Proper noun edit

Chicago

Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

Slovak edit

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Chicago

Wikipedia ^sk

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈʃikaːɡɔ]

Proper noun edit

Chicago n (genitive singular Chicaga, declension pattern of mesto)

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

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Chicago

Wikipedia ^es

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)

Tatar edit

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Chicago

Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

Declension edit

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declension of Chicago

	singular	plural
nominative	Chicago	Chicago
genitive	Chicago	Chicago
dative	Chicago	Chicago
accusative	Chicago	Chicago
locative	Chicago	Chicago
ablative	Chicago	Chicago

References edit

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[1] 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.

[2] “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

[3] Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's pronunciation of the city's name

[4] Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's pronunciation of the city's name

[5] “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.”

[6] 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.”

[7] 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.”

[8] Chicago in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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