Chicago

[ shi-kah-goh, -kaw- ]

noun

1. Judy Judy Cohen, born 1939, U.S. artist, author, and educator.
2. a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan: second largest city in the U.S.
3. a river formed in Chicago that flows through downtown and, as engineered, to the Des Plaines River: part of the Illinois Waterway.

Chicago

/ ʃɪˈkɑːɡəʊ /

noun

1. a port in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan: the third largest city in the US; it is a major railway and air traffic centre. Pop: 2 869 121 (2003 est)

Chicago

1. Largest city in Illinois ; located on Lake Michigan .

Notes

Carl Sandburg , in his poem “Chicago,” called the city the “Hog Butcher for the World” because of Chicago's heavy involvement in the meatpacking industry.

During the time of Prohibition , Chicago was controlled by gangsters, Al Capone being the most notorious. Gangster warfare continued long after this particularly violent period.

Originally called the “Windy City” because the city bragged about the 1893 World Expo that was held there. The term has since come to refer to the strong northern winds that blow off the lake in the winter.

Chicago's downtown is referred to as the “Loop” because it is enclosed by elevated railways, called the “El.”

For many years the second largest city in the United States, before being displaced by Los Angeles , and therefore referred to as the “Second City.”

Example Sentences

He revealed he later underwent rehabilitation in Chicago.

From BBC

He’ll also play shows in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Houston, Chicago and Boston before closing out the North American leg of the tour in Miami on May 30.

From Los Angeles Times

There are also lawsuits from Bucks County, Penn. to Chicago regarding greenhouse gas emissions, as well as related litigation pertaining to plastic pollution from California to Ford County, Kansas.

From Salon

When my partner and I relocated to a new-to-us Chicago apartment — an antique-feeling number on the corner of the sixth floor — we made the mutual decision to forgo movers.

From Salon

I loved Chicago, and it wasn't even on my radar that this could be my future.

From Salon