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Chicago
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English
Wikipedia has an article on: Chicago The Chicago skylineEtymology
From Potawatomi shekagou (“wild leek”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chicago
- A large city located on Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois, USA.
Derived terms
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.
- 1987 December 7, “Welcome Back, Amphitheatre”, Chicago Tribune, page 20:
- And, in a uniquely Chicago way, it was host for a perpetual, cosmopolitan feast of sights, sounds and smells.
- 1994 April 22, Vincent M. Lizzo, “City of Rain”, 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.
- 2004 Elizabeth Canning Blackwell, Frommer's Portable Chicago, edition 4th ed., ISBN 0764568841, 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.
- 1987 December 7, “Welcome Back, Amphitheatre”, Chicago Tribune, page 20:
Dutch
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: ChicagoProper noun
Chicago
- Chicago (US city)
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Proper noun
Chicago
Declension
declension of Chicago| Nominative | Chicago |
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| Genitive | Chicagonıñ |
| Dative | Chicagoga |
| Accusative | Chicagonı |
| Locative | Chicagoda |
| Ablative | Chicagodan |
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