chicago
/ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.83 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Chicago is now #1 in murder and sausages. That sounds like my kind of town!"
- "Homan, who was on the ground in Chicago, maintained it was a “criminal operation.” Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove was also in Chicago on Sunday to observe immigration enforcement operations."
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.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/
- British English: /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/