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

License plate readers are also located in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Boston and other major cities.

From Los Angeles Times

Proposed projects in Chicago and some other cities didn’t get past the planning stages.

From Los Angeles Times

After an impressive stretch, Chicago has been a mess three games in a row.

From Los Angeles Times

Members of the new "Governors Safeguarding Democracy" will harness their collective powers to "catalyze collaboration across state lines," Pritzker said in a call with journalists reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.

From Salon

The alleged assassins behind several recent murder-for-hire cases in Los Angeles were sloppy, authorities say, leaving behind a trail of evidence that links the killings to Chicago gang disputes.

From Los Angeles Times