Chicago

[shi-kah-goh, -kaw-] / ʃɪˈkɑ goʊ, -ˈkɔ- /

NOUN

u.s. city

Synonyms

STRONG

Chi

WEAK

Chi-town City by the Lake City of the Lakes and Prairies Fort Dearborn Second City the Loop the Windy City

Example Sentences

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United CEO Scott Kirby said on an earnings call in January that United would add “as many flights as are required” to stop rivals from gaining additional gates in Chicago.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

I first saw the Rev. E. Suzanne Wille’s name on an open letter signed by a wide range of Christian clergy members in Chicago.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Her youngest, age 6, loves to call her parents’ smartphones “even when we’re home,” the Chicago resident said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"It'll be exciting, you know, in a slightly scary way, when they go behind the moon," Derek Buzasi, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

He followed it up with, "George has already made preparations for us all to go to Chicago."

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple