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# chicago

proper noun (Chicago)

«chicago» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Chicago is a big city in the United States, in the state of Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/#m1)
2. It is the third-largest city in the USA. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/#m2)

### In the lessons

maths: a name of a place in the story; distances or trips, flights, temperatures; geography: a big city by Lake Michigan, called «the Windy City»; stories and news: sports teams, tall buildings, deep-dish pizza

### Examples

- The train goes from Chicago to Detroit, 280 miles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/#x1)
- 300 people flew to Chicago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/#x2)
- It is 20 degrees in Chicago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/#x3)
- The bus to Chicago leaves at 9:00. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/#x4)
- Chicago is next to Lake Michigan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/#x5)
- Chicago is often windy in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/#x6)
- We saw tall buildings in Chicago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/#x7)

### Note

No clue about the operation; it names a place. Always write it with a capital C. Say «shi-KAH-go».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chicago» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chicago» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chicago.html) on Mova free.