[shi-kah-goh, -kaw-] 
| 1. | Judy (Judy Cohen ), born 1939, U.S. artist, author, and educator. |
| 2. | a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan: second largest city in the U.S. 3,005,072. |
| 3. | a river formed in Chicago that flows through downtown and, as engineered, to the Des Plaines River: part of the Illinois Waterway. |
| Chi·ca·go (shĭ-kä'gō, -kô'-) The largest city of Illinois, in the northeast part of the state on Lake Michigan. It is a major port and the commercial, financial, industrial, and cultural center of the Midwest. It is also the third-largest U.S. city. Chicago was nearly destroyed by a disastrous fire in 1871. Population: 2,830,000. Chi·ca'go·an n. Word History: People from Chicago ought to like onions. The name Chicago is first recorded in 1688 in a French document, where it appears as Chigagou, an Algonquian word meaning "onion field." In explanation of this name, the document states there that wild onion or garlic grew profusely in the area. The name of the field or meadow was first transferred to the river and then was given to the city in 1830. |
| Chicago, Judy Born 1939. American artist best known for The Dinner Party (1979), a ceramic and needlepoint project depicting the social history of women in the Western world. |
Largest city in Illinois; located on Lake Michigan.
Note: Originally called the “Windy City” because the city bragged about the 1893 World Expo that was held there. The term has since come to refer to the strong northern winds that blow off the lake in the winter.
Note: For many years the second largest city in the United States, before being displaced by Los Angeles, and therefore referred to as the “Second City.”
Note: During the time of Prohibition, Chicago was controlled by gangsters, Al Capone being the most notorious. Gangster warfare continued long after this particularly violent period.
Note: Carl Sandburg, in his poem “Chicago,” called the city the “Hog Butcher for the World” because of Chicago's heavy involvement in the meat-packing industry.
Note: Chicago's downtown is referred to as the “Loop” because it is enclosed by elevated railways, called the “El.”
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