Definition

Proper noun: 1. A major city in the United States: Chicago is the largest city in the state of Illinois and a major urban, cultural, and economic hub in the Midwest. It is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. 2. A card game: Chicago is a specific type of gambling card game involving sequences of cards and chips.

Usage

• Proper noun (City):
  • I visited the Art Institute of Chicago last summer.
  • Chicago is famous for its distinctive architecture and deep-dish pizza.
  • The business conference will be held in Chicago.
• Proper noun (Card Game):
  • They spent the evening playing Chicago for small stakes.
  • Do you know the rules for Chicago?

Advanced Usage

• "The Chicago of...": This phrase is sometimes used metaphorically to compare another city's industrial, economic, or cultural significance to that of Chicago.
  • In the 19th century, Manchester was considered the Chicago of England.

Variants and Related Words

• Chicagoan (noun): A native or resident of the city of Chicago.
  • The Chicagoans were proud of their sports teams.

Synonyms

• For the city: The Windy City, Chi-Town (both are informal nicknames).
• For the card game: There is no common direct synonym, as it refers to a specific game. It could be described generally as a or .

Different Meanings

The word "Chicago" has two primary, distinct meanings: 1. The name of a major American city. 2. The name of a specific card game. The two meanings are unrelated in origin. The card game likely took its name from the city.

Idioms / Phrases

• "Chicago style": Often refers to a particular way of doing something associated with the city, most notably:
  • Chicago-style pizza: A deep-dish pizza.
  • Chicago-style hot dog: A hot dog served with specific toppings like relish, onions, tomatoes, and a pickle spear.
  • The Chicago Manual of Style: A famous guide for American English writing and citation, published by the University of Chicago Press.

Noun

1. 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
2. largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan