From French Chécagou, a transcription of mia šikaakwa, from alg-pro *šeka·kwa; compare Ojibwa zhigaagawanzh / zhigaagawinzh ("onion, leek"), zhigaag ("striped skunk").

• (British) IPA: /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/
• (America) IPA: /ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/, /ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ/
  • (Chicago) IPA: /ʃəˈkɑː.ɡo/, /ʃəˈkɔː.ɡo/
• (Canada) IPA: [ʃɪˈkä(ː).ɡo]

1. A large city/county seat in Cook County, in northeastern, located on Lake Michigan.

   Synonyms: Chi, Chiraq, Chi-Town, Hogtown, Shitcago, The Windy City

   • 1953, Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March, New York: Viking Press, →OCLC ↗, page 3 ↗:

     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.

• French: Chicago
• German: Chicago, (dated) Chikago
• Italian: Chicago
• Portuguese: Chicago
• Russian: Чика́го
• Spanish: Chicago