What does Chicago mean?

Definitions for Chicago
ʃɪˈkɑ goʊ, -ˈkɔ-chica·go

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Chicago, Windy Citynoun

    largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

  2. Michigan, Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stopsnoun

    a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

Wiktionary

  1. Chicagonoun

    A large city located on Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois, USA.

Wikipedia

  1. Chicago

    Chicago (often listed as "Chicago / We Can Change the World") is a song written by Graham Nash for his solo debut album Songs for Beginners. As a single, it reached number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and 29 on the Cash Box Top 100. It is his highest charting single. In Canada, "Chicago" peaked at number 19. The song also made the Dutch Charts in 1971, peaking at number 5.

ChatGPT

  1. chicago

    Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, located in the state of Illinois. It is known for its vibrant arts scene, numerous cultural attractions, historic architecture, significant sports teams, and culinary delights - particularly its deep dish pizza and Chicago-style hot dogs. The city is also considered an international hub for finance, commerce, technology, and transportation, with one of the largest and busiest airports in the world, O'Hare International Airport. The city's skyline is marked by high-rise buildings and iconic landmarks like the Willis Tower, Navy Pier, and the "Bean" (officially named "Cloud Gate") in Millennium Park.

Wikidata

  1. Chicago

    Chicago, a city in the U.S. state of Illinois, is the third most populous city in the United States and the most populous city in the American Midwest, with approximately 2.7 million residents. Its metropolitan area, which extends into Indiana and Wisconsin, is the third-largest in the United States, after those of New York City and Los Angeles, with an estimated 9.8 million people. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, though a small portion of the city limits also extends into DuPage County. Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. Today, Chicago is listed as an alpha+ global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranks seventh in the world in the 2012 Global Cities Index. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, telecommunications, and transportation, with O'Hare International Airport being the second-busiest airport in the world in terms of traffic movements. In 2008, Chicago hosted 45.6 million international and domestic visitors. Among metropolitan areas, Chicago has the fourth-largest gross domestic product in the world, just behind Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles, and ranking ahead of London and Paris. Chicago is one of the most important Worldwide Centers of Commerce and trade.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Chicago

    the metropolis of Illinois, in the NE. of the State, on the SW. shore of Lake Michigan, is the second city in the Union; its unparalleled growth, dating only from 1837—in 1832 a mere log-fort, and now covering an area of 180 sq. m., being 21 m. in length and 10 m. in breadth—is due to its matchless facilities for communication. Situated in the heart of the continent, a third of the United States railway system centres in it, and it communicates with all Canada, and with the ocean by the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River; laid out with absolute regularity, it has many magnificent buildings, enormously tall office "sky-scrapers," and an unrivalled system of parks and avenues; there are a university, medical, commercial, and theological colleges, an art institute, libraries, and observatory; it suffered severely from fire in 1871 and 1874; it is the greatest grain and pork market in the world, and its manufactures include almost every variety of production; the population is a mixture of all European peoples; native-born Americans are a small minority, outnumbered by the Germans and almost equalled by the Irish.

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  1. chicago

    Song lyrics by chicago -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by chicago on the Lyrics.com website.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Chicago

    Indian for “wild onion.”

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Chicago in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Chicago in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Chicago in a Sentence

  1. Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau:

    We go to the feds whenever we need to because Kim Foxx, the state and Chicago have been running a catch-and-release program, they all support this criminal justice reform that in their mind means letting violent criminals run free and let them run free. It’s putting the rest of us at risk.

  2. Lakeside Alliance:

    We have zero tolerance for any form of bias or hate on our worksite. Anti-bias training is included in our onboarding process and reiterated during site-wide meetings, we are suspending all operations onsite in order to provide another series of these trainings and conversations for all staff and workers. OBAMA BREAKS GROUND IN CHICAGO FOR MASSIVE PRESIDENTIAL CENTER PROJECT The Obama Presidential Center under construction on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Chicago's Jackson Park neighborhood. ( Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Lakeside Alliance is offering a reward of $ 100,000 for help, according to NBC 5. The Obama Presidential Center will reportedly include a museum, public library, athletic center, children’s playground and test kitchen. The Obama Presidential Center is being financed mostly through private donations.

  3. Vivek Cherian:

    On a personal note, we are in the process of moving to Chicago and are basing our decision on school selection based off of their approach to mask mandate because it is that critical to offer our children the greatest advantage of staying safe, there is no question that the updated recommendations will encourage some schools( if not most) to issue or reissue mask mandates. Many schools are implementing guidance based on the CDC recommendations in general.

  4. Police Superintendent David Brown:

    No family, no block, no community in the City of Chicago should have to endure the looming threat of guns and gangs, this is a tragedy, there are too many incidents just like this. We’re losing too many young people, and it’s really saddening.

  5. Elliott Wills:

    Chicago is in a bad place right now, i just want it to get better. This is my home.

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