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

The team partnered with a Boys and Girls Club in Chicago to bring interested middle schoolers into a 14-week applied science program.

From Science Daily

McCoy has since become an assistant professor at the University of Chicago.

From Science Daily

Broadway-bound musical “The Devil Wears Prada,” premiering in Chicago, tries a different tack with the story about a woman hired at a fashion magazine.

From Los Angeles Times

Bryar was born in Chicago, Illinois and studied sound engineering at the University of Florida.

From BBC

The same month, another Air India flight from New Delhi to Chicago was forced to land in a remote airport in Canada.

From BBC