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Chicago

/t͡ʃiˈkaɡo/

proper noun/t͡ʃiˈkaɡo/

Chicago (a large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan)

Etymology tree Proto-Algonquian *šek- Proto-Algonquian *-a·kw- Proto-Algonquian *-a Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa Miami šikaakwabor. French Chécagoubor. English Chicagobor. Spanish Chicago Borrowed from English Chicago.