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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second city

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.32 in modern English

Syllables
sec-ond c-i-ty
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Nickname for the city of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States of America.

noun

The second-most important city of a country or region.

Example Sentences

Etymology

So named because Chicago was the second largest city in the United States (after New York City) from 1889 to 1984.

Inflected Forms

the Second City (canonical) second cities (plural)

Phrases

Second City

Synonyms

Windy City

Questions

What does second city mean?
Nickname for the city of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States of America.
Where does second city come from?
So named because Chicago was the second largest city in the United States (after New York City) from 1889 to 1984.

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