Chicago

== English == === Etymology === 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 === (UK) IPA(key): /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/, /ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ/ (Chicago) IPA(key): /ʃəˈkɑː.ɡo/, /ʃəˈkɔː.ɡo/ (Canada) IPA(key): [ʃɪˈkä(ː).ɡo] === 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 ==== 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Chicago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Fort Chécagou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Catalan == === Etymology === From English Chicago. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ʃiˈka.ɣu] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ʃiˈka.ɣo] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [t͡ʃiˈka.ɣo] === Proper noun === Chicago m Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States) == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Chicago. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃɪkaːɡo] IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪkaːɡo] Rhymes: -aːɡo === Proper noun === Chicago n (relational adjective chicagský) Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Chicago”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “Chicago”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Chicago. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌʃiˈkaː.ɡoː/, /ˌtʃiˈkaː.ɡoː/ Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go === Proper noun === Chicago n Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States) == Finnish == === Etymology === From English Chicago. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃikɑɡo/, [ˈʃikɑ̝ɡo̞] Rhymes: -ʃikɑɡo === Proper noun === Chicago Chicago (US metropolis) ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === From English Chicago. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃi.ka.ɡo/ Rhymes: -o Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go === Proper noun === Chicago f (demonym Chicagoan or Chicagolais) Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States) == German == === Alternative forms === Chikago === Etymology === From English Chicago. === 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 == === Etymology === From English Chicago. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃikaːɡoː] Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go Rhymes: -ɡoː === Proper noun === Chicago Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== chicagói == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English, from Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp; striped skunk”), via the French transcription Chécagou. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈka.ɡo/, (careful style) */ʃiˈka.ɡo/ Rhymes: -aɡo Hyphenation: Chi‧cà‧go === Proper noun === Chicago f Chicago (a large city in Illinois) === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Chicago. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɡu Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go === Proper noun === Chicago f (demonym chicaguense) Chicago (a large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan) Synonym: Cidade dos Ventos == Slovak == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Chicago. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃikaːɡɔ/, [ˈʃikaːɡɔ] Rhymes: -aːɡɔ === Proper noun === Chicago n (genitive singular Chicaga, declension pattern of mesto) Chicago (a city in Illinois, United States) === References === “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, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Chicago. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkaɡo/ [t͡ʃiˈka.ɣ̞o] IPA(key): /ʃiˈkaɡo/ [ʃiˈka.ɣ̞o] (less common, imitating English pronunciation) Rhymes: -aɡo Syllabification: Chi‧ca‧go === Proper noun === Chicago f (demonym chicaguense) Chicago (a large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan) == Tatar == === Proper noun === Chicago nonstandard spelling of Çikago (“Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)”) ==== Declension ====