"Chicago" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/ [UK], /ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/ [US], /ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ/ [US], /ʃəˈkɑː.ɡo/ (note: Chicago), /ʃəˈkɔː.ɡo/ (note: Chicago), [ʃɪˈkä(ː).ɡo] [Canada] Audio: en-us-Chicago.ogg [US], En-Chicago.ogg
Etymology: From French Chécagou, a transcription of Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa; compare Ojibwe zhigaagawanzh / zhigaagawinzh (“onion, leek”), zhigaag (“striped skunk”). Doublet of skunk. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Chécagou}} French Chécagou, {{der|en|mia|šikaakwa||wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk}} Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk”), {{der|en|alg-pro|*šeka·kwa}} Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, {{cog|oj|zhigaagawanzh}} Ojibwe zhigaagawanzh, {{m|oj|zhigaagawinzh||onion, leek}} zhigaagawinzh (“onion, leek”), {{m|oj|zhigaag||striped skunk}} zhigaag (“striped skunk”), {{doublet|en|skunk}} Doublet of skunk Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chicago
  1. A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan. Categories (place): Chicago, Cities in Illinois, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Illinois, USA, Places in the United States Synonyms: Chi, Chiraq [US, slang], Chi-Town [informal], Hogtown [US, informal], Shitcago [derogatory, vulgar], The Windy City [informal] Translations (large US city): Chicago (Afrikaans), شِيكَاغُو (šīkāḡū) [feminine] (Arabic), شكاقو (šikāgu) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), شيكاقو (šīkāgu) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), ܫܝܩܓܘ (Aramaic), Չիկագո (Čʿikago) (Armenian), Çikaqo (Azerbaijani), Чыка́га (Čykáha) [masculine] (Belarusian), শিকাগো (śikagō) (Bengali), Чика́го (Čikágo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ရှီကာဂို (hrikagui) (Burmese), شیکاگۆ (şîkago) (Central Kurdish), ᏏᎧᎪ (sikago) (Cherokee), 芝加哥 (Chi-ka-ko) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 芝加哥 (zi¹ gaa¹ go¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 芝加哥 (Zhījiāgē) (Chinese Mandarin), Chicago [neuter] (Czech), Chicago (Dutch), Ĉikago (Esperanto), Ŝikago (Esperanto), Sikago (Farefare), Chicago (Finnish), Chicago [feminine] (French), Chicago [masculine] (Galician), ჩიკაგო (čiḳago) (Georgian), Chicago [neuter] (German), Chikago [dated, neuter] (German), Σικάγο (Sikágo) [neuter] (Greek), שיקגו (Shiqago) (Hebrew), शिकागो (śikāgo) (Hindi), Chicago (Indonesian), Chicago (Irish), Siceagó (Irish), Chicago [feminine] (Italian), シカゴ (Shikago) (Japanese), 시카고 (sikago) (Korean), Sicagum (Latin), Čikāga [feminine] (Latvian), Čikaga [feminine] (Lithuanian), Chicago (Luhya), Чика́го (Čikágo) [neuter] (Macedonian), Chicago (Malay), ഷിക്കാഗോ (ṣikkāgō) (Malayalam), शिकागो (śikāgo) (Marathi), Jikako (Marshallese), Shikááʼgóó (Navajo), Chicago (Occitan), Zhigaagong (Ojibwe), شیکاگو (šikâgo) (Persian), Chicago [neuter] (Polish), Chicago [feminine] (Portuguese), Éshegago (Potawatomi), ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ (śikāgo) (Punjabi), Чика́го (Čikágo) [masculine] (Russian), Чика̑го [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Čikȃgo [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Chicagu [feminine] (Sicilian), Chicago [feminine] (Spanish), chichago (Swahili), Chicago [neuter] (Swedish), சிகாகோ (cikākō) (Tamil), Chicago (Tatar), చికాగో (cikāgō) (Telugu), ชิคาโก (chíkaagoh) (Thai), Şikago (Turkish), Chicago (Turkish), Чика́го (Čykáho) (Ukrainian), Чика́ґо (Čykágo) (Ukrainian), Si-ca-gô (Vietnamese), שיקאַגאָ (shikago) (Yiddish), שיקאַגע (shikage) [feminine] (Yiddish), Ṣìkágò (Yoruba)

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          "word": "Chicago blues"
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          "word": "Chicago Boy"
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          "word": "Chicago dog"
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          "word": "Chicago lightning"
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          "word": "Chicago overcoat"
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          "word": "Chicago piano"
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          "word": "Chicago pizza"
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          "word": "Chicago principles"
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        {
          "word": "Chicago Protocol"
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          "word": "Chicagorilla"
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          "word": "Chicago school"
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          "word": "Chicago screw"
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          "word": "Chicago-style hot dog"
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          "word": "Chicago style pizza"
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          "word": "Chicago typewriter"
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          "word": "Chimpcago"
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          "word": "Չիկագո"
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          "word": "শিকাগো"
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          "word": "ရှီကာဂို"
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          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "sikago",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "ᏏᎧᎪ"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "zi¹ gaa¹ go¹",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "芝加哥"
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          "code": "nan-hbl",
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          "sense": "large US city",
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          "sense": "large US city",
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          "sense": "large US city",
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          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "Sikago"
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "ჩიკაგო"
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          "word": "Chicago"
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          "word": "시카고"
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        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Chicago"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Chicago"
        },
        {
          "code": "pot",
          "lang": "Potawatomi",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "Éshegago"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "śikāgo",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Čikágo",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Чика́го"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Чика̑го"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Čikȃgo"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Chicagu"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Chicago"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "chichago"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Chicago"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "cikākō",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "சிகாகோ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "Chicago"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "cikāgō",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "చికాగో"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "chíkaagoh",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "ชิคาโก"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "Şikago"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "Chicago"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Čykáho",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "Чика́го"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Čykágo",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "Чика́ґо"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "Si-ca-gô"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shikago",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "שיקאַגאָ"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shikage",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "שיקאַגע"
        },
        {
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "large US city",
          "word": "Ṣìkágò"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃəˈkɑː.ɡo/",
      "note": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃəˈkɔː.ɡo/",
      "note": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɪˈkä(ː).ɡo]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-Chicago.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/En-us-Chicago.ogg/En-us-Chicago.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    },
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      "audio": "En-Chicago.ogg",
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    {
      "word": "Chi"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicagoan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago atomizer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago blues"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago Boy"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago dog"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicagoese"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicagoesque"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago Heights"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicagoland"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago lightning"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago overcoat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago piano"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago pizza"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago principles"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago Protocol"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicagorilla"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago school"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago screw"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago-style"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago-style hot dog"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago style pizza"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicago typewriter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chimpcago"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chiraq"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chisox"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chi-Town"
    },
    {
      "word": "East Chicago"
    },
    {
      "word": "North Chicago"
    },
    {
      "word": "Port Chicago"
    },
    {
      "word": "Shitcago"
    },
    {
      "word": "South Chicago"
    }
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        "2": "fr",
        "3": "Chécagou"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
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        "2": "mia",
        "3": "šikaakwa",
        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "alg-pro",
        "3": "*šeka·kwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "zhigaagawanzh"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "2": "zhigaagawinzh",
        "3": "",
        "4": "onion, leek"
      },
      "expansion": "zhigaagawinzh (“onion, leek”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oj",
        "2": "zhigaag",
        "3": "",
        "4": "striped skunk"
      },
      "expansion": "zhigaag (“striped skunk”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "skunk"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of skunk",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Aramaic terms with redundant script codes",
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English doublets",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from French",
        "English terms derived from French",
        "English terms derived from Miami",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Algonquian",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Malayalam terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
        "Telugu terms with redundant script codes",
        "Undetermined quotations with omitted translation",
        "Undetermined terms with quotations",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Chicago",
        "en:Cities in Illinois, USA",
        "en:Cities in the United States",
        "en:County seats of Illinois, USA",
        "en:Places in Illinois, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States"
      ],
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        "A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan."
      ],
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        [
          "county seat",
          "county seat"
        ],
        [
          "Cook County",
          "Cook County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Illinois",
          "Illinois#English"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "Lake Michigan",
          "Lake Michigan"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Chi"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "US",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "Chiraq"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "Chi-Town"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "US",
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "Hogtown"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "derogatory",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "Shitcago"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "The Windy City"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃəˈkɑː.ɡo/",
      "note": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃəˈkɔː.ɡo/",
      "note": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɪˈkä(ː).ɡo]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-Chicago.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/En-us-Chicago.ogg/En-us-Chicago.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/En-us-Chicago.ogg",
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        "US"
      ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/En-Chicago.ogg",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šīkāḡū",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شِيكَاغُو"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šikāgu",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شكاقو"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šīkāgu",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شيكاقو"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "ܫܝܩܓܘ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Čʿikago",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Չիկագո"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Çikaqo"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Čykáha",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Чыка́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śikagō",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "শিকাগো"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Čikágo",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Чика́го"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hrikagui",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "ရှီကာဂို"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "sikago",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "ᏏᎧᎪ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zi¹ gaa¹ go¹",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "芝加哥"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "Chi-ka-ko",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "芝加哥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Zhījiāgē",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "芝加哥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Ĉikago"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Ŝikago"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Sikago"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čiḳago",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "ჩიკაგო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Chikago"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Sikágo",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Σικάγο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "Shiqago",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "שיקגו"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śikāgo",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "शिकागो"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Siceagó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Shikago",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "シカゴ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sikago",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "시카고"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "şîkago",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "شیکاگۆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Sicagum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Čikāga"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Čikaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "luy",
      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Čikágo",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Чика́го"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ṣikkāgō",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "ഷിക്കാഗോ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "śikāgo",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "शिकागो"
    },
    {
      "code": "mh",
      "lang": "Marshallese",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Jikako"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Shikááʼgóó"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Zhigaagong"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šikâgo",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "شیکاگو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "pot",
      "lang": "Potawatomi",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Éshegago"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "śikāgo",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Čikágo",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Чика́го"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Чика̑го"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Čikȃgo"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Chicagu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "chichago"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cikākō",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "சிகாகோ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "cikāgō",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "చికాగో"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chíkaagoh",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "ชิคาโก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Şikago"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Chicago"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Čykáho",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Чика́го"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Čykágo",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Чика́ґо"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Si-ca-gô"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shikago",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "שיקאַגאָ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shikage",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שיקאַגע"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "large US city",
      "word": "Ṣìkágò"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Chicago"
}

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