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Chicago

/ʃɪˈkɑgoʊ/
/ʃɪˈkɒgəʊ/
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Other forms: Chicagos

Definitions of Chicago
  1. noun
    largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
    synonyms: Windy City
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    example of:
    city, metropolis, urban center
    a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
    port
    a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
  2. noun
    a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
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    type of:
    card game, cards
    a game played with playing cards
Pronunciation
US
/ʃɪˈkɑgoʊ/
UK
/ʃɪˈkɒgəʊ/
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