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Chicago

Definition: Chicago

Chicago

Noun

1. Largest city in Illinois; located on Lake Michigan.

2. 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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Date "Chicago" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Chicago

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Chicago Windows 95. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

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Specialty Definition: Chicago (1927 movie)

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The movie Chicago was produced by Cecil B. DeMille in 1927 and directed by Frank Urson. It was drawn from a play by Maurine Dallas Watkins which was in turn based on the true crime story of Beulah Annan, fictionalized as "Roxie Hart" (played by Phyllis Haver), her fellow death-row inmate Belva Gaertner, and their spectacular involvement in the murder of their boyfriends.

The Watkins play was again filmed in 1942 as Roxie Hart, starring Ginger Rogers (in the title role), and Adolphe Menjou as Billy Flynn. Notable minor players were Nigel Bruce and Phil Silvers: the movie was directed by William A. Wellman.

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Chicago (2002 movie)

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Chicago is a movie musical released in 2002, based on the Kander and Ebb Broadway musical, Chicago, in its turn based on the Maurine Watkins play, Chicago, in its turn based on the stories of two Jazz-era killers, Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner.

The movie starred Renee Zellweger, Queen Latifah, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere and Christine Baranski and was directed by Rob Marshall, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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Chicago (band)

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Chicago is a rock band band that formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. Well known for being one of the first (and, indeed, one of the few) rock bands to make extensive use of horns and for producing a number of hit ballads, Chicago had a steady stream of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

The band was formed when a group of DePaul University music students began playing a series of late-night jams at clubs on and off campus. They added more members, eventually growing to seven players, and went professional as a cover band called The Big Thing. The band featured an unusual and unusually versatile line-up of instrumentalists including saxophonist Walter Parzaider, trombonist James Pankow, and trumpet player Lee Loughnane along with more traditional rock instruments. While gaining some success as a cover band, the group worked on original songs and in 1968 moved to Los Angeles, California under the guidance of their friend and manager James William Guercio, and signed with Columbia Records. Upon release of their first record in early 1969, the band took a new name, Chicago Transit Authority (the name would almost immediately be changed to simply Chicago after the real CTA objected).

Chicago's first album was an audacious debut: a sprawling double album (unheard of for a rookie band) that included jazzy instrumentals, extended jams featuring latin percussion, and experimental, feedback-laden guitar abstraction. The album also included a number of pop-rock gems (several of which would later be released as singles and eventually become rock radio staples), and began to receive heavy airplay on the fledgling FM radio band. The band's popularity exploded with the release of their second album, another double-LP set, which included several top-40 hits. The pattern had been set: the band, ever prolific, recorded and released music at a rate of more than two LP discs per year (always titled with the band name and a roman numeral) from their debut in 1969 through the 1970s.

1978 was a tragic and transitional year for the band. The year began with an acrimonius split with long-time manager Guercio and the death of singer and lead guitarist Terry Kath of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Later in the year the band would release Hot Streets, their first album without Kath and Guercio and their first album with a title rather than a roman numeral (they would return to the old naming scheme immediately afterward). The release also marked a move somewhat away from the jazz-rock direction favored by Kath and towards more pop songs and ballads. This second phase of the band's career lasted through the 1980s with a steady stream of soft-rock hits.

During the 1990s, the band's popularity began to decline, but they continue to record and tour.

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Chicago (disambiguation)

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Chicago is:

Chicago is the title of:

Four ships of the US Navy have been named USS Chicago.

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Chicago (movie)

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There have been two movies with the title Chicago:

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Chicago (musical)

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Chicago is a musical, first performed in 1975, based on the play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins. Its book was by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb.

The play Chicago was Watkins' retelling of two very public trials for murder that occurred in Chicago in 1924, those of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner. Watkins had been a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and later wrote a play based on her coverage.

Gwen Verdon read the play and asked her ex-husband Bob Fosse about the possibility of creating a musical based on it. Fosse approached Watkins for permission to adapt her play but was consistently refused. He obtained the rights from her estate following her death in 1969 leading to the development of Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville, which made the play's comparison between "justice" and "show-business" explicit by conceptualizing the plot as a series of vaudeville acts.

The play was produced in 1975, starring Chita Rivera as Velma Kelly, Gwen Verdon as Roxie Hart, and Jerry Orbach as Billy Flynn. Liza Minnelli served as a replacement for Gwen Verdon for a month in 1975, and her Broadway "comeback" generated publicity which helped lengthen the run of the show. When Verdon left the show, Fosse's girlfriend Ann Reinking stepped into the role.

The show was revived in 1996, being directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed "in the style of Bob Fosse" by Ann Reinking, and starring Joel Grey, James Naughton, Bebe Neuwirth, and Ann Reinking. This version was still running as of April 2003.

The musical was adapted for the movie Chicago in 2002 by staging the vaudeville acts as fantasies of Roxie Hart, by eliminating some songs, and by changing the role of Mary Sunshine from male to female.

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Chicago blues

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The Chicago blues is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago by adding electricity, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes saxophone to the basic string/harmonica Delta blues.

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Chicago Cubs

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The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are in the Central Division of the National League.

Founded: 1870, as an independent professional club. Joined the National Association in 1871. Became a charter National League member in 1876.
Formerly known as: White Stockings, in the 1870s. Colts, in the late 1890s. Orphans, 1898, after the firing of longtime manager Cap Anson. Remnants, in 1901, after a number of players deserted the team for the American League. The nickname Cubs was coined in 1902 when manager Frank Selee arrived and rebuilt the club with young, inexperienced players. The Chicago Tribune tried to call the team the Spuds around this time, but that name didn't stick.
Home ballpark: Wrigley Field, 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago.
Uniform colors: Blue and red
Logo design: A red "C" on a blue field. Sometimes, the team will make use of a cartoon bear cub.
Wild Card titles won (1): 1998
Division titles won (3): 1984, 1989, 2003
League pennants won (16): 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885, 1886, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1945
World Series championships won (2): 1907, 1908

Franchise history

White Stockings

The Great Chicago Fire destroyed the club's ballpark, uniforms and records toward the end of the 1871 season. The club completed its schedule, finishing second in the National Association that year, but was forced to drop out of the league for the next two seasons as a result.

In 1875, Chicago acquired several key players from the Boston Red Stockings, including pitcher Al Spalding and first baseman Cap Anson, who would later become the team leader and manager for almost twenty seasons. Anson was arguably the best player in baseball in his day, though he is chiefly remembered today for his role in establishing baseball's color line than for his playing and managerial skill.

"Tinker and Evers and Chance"

Joe Tinker (SS), Johnny Evers (2B) and Frank Chance (1B) were three legendary Cubs infielders, who played together from 1903-1910, and sporadically over the following two years. They, along with third baseman Harry Steinfeldt, formed the nucleus of one of the dominant baseball teams of all time. After Chance took over as manager for the ailing Frank Selee in 1905, the Cubs won four pennants and two World Series titles over a five-year span. Their record of 116 victories in 1906 (in a 154-game season) has not been broken, though it was tied by the Seattle Mariners in 2001, in a 162-game season.

The Cubs relied on dominant pitching during this period, featuring hurlers such as Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown, Jack Taylor, Ed Reulbach, Jack Pfiester and Orval Overall, who posted a record for lowest staff earned-run average that still stands today.

However, the infield attained fame after turning a critical double play against the New York Giants in a July 1910 game. The trio was immortalised in Franklin P. Adams' poem Baseball's Sad Lexicon, which first appeared in the July 18, 1910 edition of the New York Evening Mail:

These are the saddest of possible words:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double--
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."

(The fourth line is sometimes misquoted as also reading "Tinker to Evers to Chance").

Tinker and Evers reportedly could not stand each other, and rarely spoke off the field. Evers, a high-strung, argumentative man, suffered a nervous breakdown in 1911 and rarely played that year. Chance suffered a near-fatal beaning the same year. The trio played together little after that. In 1913, Chance went to manage the New York Yankees and Tinker went to Cincinnati to manage the Reds, and that was the end of one of the most notable infields in baseball. They were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame together in 1946.

Success in the 20s and 30s

"Smalley to Miksis to Addison Street"

"Let's play two!"

Ernie Banks, Ferguson Jenkins, Ron Santo, Billy Williams

Day games only until 1988, because the stadium owner donated the lights to the war effort in the 1940s, and it then became tradition. The first night game was scheduled to be played August 8, 1988, vs. Philadelphia, but after 3 1/2 innings, it was rained out, and so the first official night game occurred the next night, August 9, 1988. The Cubs defeated the New York Mets, 6-4.

"Lovable losers"

FUTILITY: It can't go without mention that the Cubs have the longest dry spell between championships in all of professional sports, having failed to win a World Series since 1908. To make matters worse, the Cubs haven't even been in a World Series since 1945, before there were divisions. They didn't win any playoff series between 1945 and 2003, when they beat the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS.

The Cubs 2003 playoff run ended in an emotional game 7 of the NLCS against the Florida Marlins. While at one point ahead in the 7-game series 3 games to 1, the Marlins came back to win the final three games. Marlins pitcher Josh Beckett shut out the Cubs in game 5. An implosion of the Cubs defense late in game 6, following a now-infamous incident of a fan named Steve Bartman touching a ball in foul territory, allowed the Marlins to score 8 runs in the eighth inning inning and tie the series. The Cubs were unable to win the final game at home, and the Cubs were without a pennant again.

What may be the least known and cried over but possibly the most telling statistic of futility for the Cubs, though, is that they haven't had back-to-back winning seasons since 1973. Not division titles, not playoff appearances, just winning seasons. Yet, they still are perennially in the top 10 in the league in attendance.

See also: Curse of the billy goat, Steve Bartman, Major League Baseball franchise post-season droughts

Players of note

Baseball Hall of Famers

Current stars

Not to be forgotten

Retired numbers

Other persons of note

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Chicago soul

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Chicago soul is a form of soul music that arose during the 1960s in Chicago. Along with Motown in Detroit and hard-edged, gritty performers in Memphis (see Memphis soul), Chicago soul helped spur the album-oriented soul revolution of the early 1970s.

The best known Chicago soul singer was Curtis Mayfield, but it also featured Jackie Wilson, The Esquires, Major Lance, Tyrone Davis, The Chi-Lites, Barbara Acklin and Gene Chandler, along with producerss Carl Davis and Johnny Pate.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, based in Chicago, Illinois, is one of the major orchestras in the United States.

It played its first concert on October 16, 1891 conducted by Theodore Thomas, making it the third oldest symphony orchestra in the United States (behind the New York Philharmonic and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra). At that time it was known simply as the Chicago Orchestra, before changing its name to the Theodore Thomas Orchestra in 1906, and taking its present name in 1912. Theodore Thomas is still honored in the name of the orchestra's home auditorium, the Theodore Thomas Orchestra Hall.

In 1905, Frederick Stock became principal conductor, a post he held until 1942. Other principal orchestras have been Désiré Defauw (1943-47), Artur Rodzinski (1947-48), Rafael Kubelik (1950-53), Fritz Reiner (1953-63), Jean Martinon (1963-69), Georg Solti (1969-91) and, from 1991, Daniel Barenboim.

The orchestra has also had a number of distinguished guest conductors. Since 1995, Pierre Boulez has been Principal Guest Conductor.

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Chicago White Sox

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The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are in the Central Division of the American League.

Founded: 1893, as the Sioux City, Iowa franchise in the minor Western League. Moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, then again to Chicago in 1900 when that league became the American League.
Formerly known as: Sioux City Cornhuskers, 1894. St. Paul, 1895-1899. "White Sox" is short for "White Stockings".
Home ballpark: U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago. (The current Comiskey Park was opened in 1991; the original Comiskey Park was in use from 1910 to 1990.)
Uniform colors: black, white and gray
Logo design: the letters "SOX", interlocked in various ways
Wild Card titles won (0): none
Division titles won (4): 1983, 1993, 1994, 2000
American League pennants won (5): 1901, 1906, 1917, 1919, 1959
World Series championships won (2): 1906, 1917

Franchise history

The team was founded by Charles Comiskey, a former major-league ballplayer who starred with the St. Louis Browns in the 1880s. Comiskey originally founded the team in Sioux City, Iowa, as part of a minor league called the Western League. The Cornhuskers won the league pennant in 1894, then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. When the Western League changed its name to the American League in 1900, a year before claiming major league status, the St. Paul franchise was relocated to Chicago, to compete directly with the National League club in that city.

The club adopted the name "White Stockings", the original name of the Chicago Cubs, and acquired a number of stars from the National League, including pitcher and manager Clark Griffith, who paced the White Sox to the AL's first pennant in 1901. The White Sox would continue to be built on pitching and defense in the following years, led by pitching workhorse Ed Walsh, who routinely pitched over 400 innings each season in his prime.

The Hitless Wonders

Walsh, Doc White and Nick Altrock paced the White Sox to their 1906 pennant and their first World Series victory, a stunning upset over the Cubs who had won a record 116 regular-season games. The Sox, dubbed the "Hitless Wonders" for having the lowest team batting average in the American League that year, nevertheless took the Series, and intercity bragging rights, in six games.

"Say it Ain't So, Joe!"

The White Sox contended over the next decade, but did not bring home a pennant until 1917. Led by second baseman Eddie Collins and outfielder Shoeless Joe Jackson, the White Sox now had offense to go with the pitching of Eddie Cicotte and Red Faber. After an off-year in 1918, the club bounced back to win the pennant in 1919 and entered the World Series that year heavily-favored to defeat the Cincinnati Reds. Sadly, this was the year of the infamous Black Sox scandal, in which eight White Sox players, including Cicotte and Jackson, were barred from organized baseball for life for taking part in a plot by gamblers to "fix" the World Series. The White Sox have never entirely overcome the stigma of being the only team to take a dive in the Fall Classic.

The Go-Go Sox

It would be forty years until the White Sox found themselves in a World Series again, but again it would be a team built on pitching and defense. In an era noted for power pitching and power-hitting, the 1959 White Sox would lead the league in stolen bases and would manufacture runs through speed and cunning. American League MVP Nellie Fox led the attack. The White Sox would, however, lose the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In the late 1980s, the franchise was very nearly relocated to Tampa Bay, but frantic lobbying of the state legislature resulted in approval (by one vote) of public funding for a new stadium. New Comiskey Park, now known as U.S. Cellular Field, opened in 1991 to rave reviews, but was soon outdone by the wave of "nostalgia" ballparks, beginning with Camden Yards. It is often criticized for its sterile appearance and nosebleed-inducing upper deck.

"Good guys wear black"

The White Sox of the 1990s adopted black uniforms, instantly jumping to the top of the league in merchandise sales. The 1990s teams also contended well, led by pitcher Jack McDowell and first baseman Frank Thomas. The team reached the American League Championship Series in 1993 and the American League Division Series in 2000. Under manager Jerry Manuel, the White Sox these days field a talented but chronically under-achieving squad.

White Sox fans are notorious for their resentment of the more popular cross-town rival Chicago Cubs. Many Sox fans appear more pleased by Cubs' failures than Sox success. Since 1997, interleague play has only intensified the ill will between the two squads' followers.

The White Sox reputation was once again tarnished in September 2002 when a pair of drunken fans ran onto the field and viciously attacked Kansas City Royals first base coach Tom Gamboa.

Players of note

Baseball Hall of Famers

Current stars

Not to be forgotten

Retired numbers

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Chicago, Illinois

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This article concerns the city of Chicago, Illinois. For other uses of the term Chicago, see Chicago (disambiguation).

Chicago is the third largest city in the United States with a population of 2,896,016 (2000). It is located in the state of Illinois, on the shores of Lake Michigan. The city is the county seat of Cook County. The greater Chicago metropolitan area is known colloquially as Chicagoland. The name Chicago comes from "Checagou" or "Checaguar" which in the language of the Pottawattomie Indians means 'wild onions' or 'skunk'. The area was so named because of the smell of rotting marshland onions that used to cover it.


Another picture:Chicago skyline in the fog

Chicago was granted a city charter by Illinois on March 4, 1837.

Four ships called the USS Chicago were named after the city by the U.S. Navy.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 606.1 km² (234.0 mi²). 588.3 km² (227.1 mi²) of it is land and 17.8 km² (6.9 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.94% water.


A simulated-color image of Chicago,
taken by Landsat 7
Larger version

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 2,896,016 people, 1,061,928 households, and 632,909 families residing in the city. The population density is 4,923.0/km² (12,750.3/mi²). There are 1,152,868 housing units at an average density of 1,959.8/km² (5,075.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 41.97% White, 36.77% African American, 0.36% Native American, 4.35% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 13.58% from other races, and 2.92% from two or more races. 26.02% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 1,061,928 households out of which 28.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.1% are married couples living together, 18.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 40.4% are non-families. 32.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.67 and the average family size is 3.50.

In the city the population is spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $38,625, and the median income for a family is $42,724. Males have a median income of $35,907 versus $30,536 for females. The per capita income for the city is $20,175. 19.6% of the population and 16.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 28.1% are under the age of 18 and 15.5% are 65 or older.

Municipal Flag of Chicago

The three white stripes of the flag represent, from top to bottom, the North, West and South sides of the city. The top blue stripe represents Lake Michigan and the North Branch of the Chicago River. The bottom blue stripes represents the South Branch of the Chicago River and the Great Canal. Finally, the four red stars on the center white stripe represent, from left to right, Fort Dearborn Massacre, the Great Chicago Fire, the World Columbian Exposition, and the Century of Progress Exposition.

In addition, each of the six points of the stars stand for something.

On the Fort Dearborn Massacre star (added in 1939): transportation, labor, commerce, finance, populousness, and salubrity.

On the Great Chicago Fire star (on the 1917 flag): religion, education, esthetics, justice, beneficence, and civic pride.

The points on the World Columbian Exposition star (on the 1917 flag) represent political entities Chicago belonged to: France 1693, Great Britain 1763, Virginia 1778, the Northwest Territory 1798, Indian Territory 1802, Statehood 1818.

The Century of Progress star (added in 1933: World's Third Largest City, City's Latin Motto (Urbs in horto - City in a garden), City's "I Will" Motto, Great Central Marketplace, Wonder City, Convention City.

Government

Chicago is governed by a Mayor who is elected for a four year term. The mayor appoints commissioners who oversee the various departments. The city council is made up of 50 aldermen, one from each ward in the city. The city council makes local ordinances and passes the city budget. The aldermen enjoy substantial power in their wards.

Famous Attractions

Important Citizens or people born here

Colleges and Universities

Nearby Evanston has Northwestern University. Hamburger University, a training facility for McDonald's, is located in Oak Brook.

Sites of Interest

Airports

List of Companies based in Chicago

United Airlines is based in nearby Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

Newspapers

Sports Teams

Historical Events

Events

Nicknames

Twinning

Chicago is twinned with:

Media set in Chicago

Novels set in Chicago

Musicals set in Chicago

Movies and TV Shows set in Chicago

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Chicagoland

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Chicagoland is the name for the Chicago metropolitan area, which is made up of nine counties in three states.

The Chicago-Gary, Indiana-Kenosha, Wisconsin CMSA has about 9,157,540 inhabitants.

List of Counties

Illinois

Indiana

Wisconsin

Anchor Cities

Suburbs with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Illinois

Suburbs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

Illinois

Indiana

Wisconsin

Subrubs with less than 10,000 inhabitants

Illinois

Indiana

Wisconsin

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Operation Chicago

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During World War II, Operation Chicago was carried out by the Allies in 1944. It was an airborne insertion of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division into Normandy on the night of 5 June, 1944, and was part of the invasion of northern France (Operation Overlord).

See also: Operation Detroit

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Places in Atlas Shrugged

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This page aims to consolidate dozens of one-paragraph place descriptions into a single page. It is still very much a work in progress.

Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers

Places in Ayn Rand's novel, Atlas Shrugged

(in alphabetical order):

Algeria: In section 152, we learn Francisco d'Anconia threw a party at an Algerian desert resort where he gave away an ermine coat to any woman who undressed in step with the melting of ice sculptures.

Andes: Francisco d'Anconia has a villa in the Andes. This is mentioned in section 141. Sebastian d'Anconia's first estate in the New World was a shack in the foothills of the Andes (section 152).

Argentina: Argentina is the home of Francisco d'Anconia and the ancestral home of his family. Sebastian d'Anconia fled to Argentina to escape the Inquisition.

Arizona: Arizona is the home of the Phoenix-Durango railroad.

Arizona is mentioned in sections 111, 146 and 171.

Atlantic Ocean: The Atlantic Ocean is mentioned in section 161. It is where Ragnar Danneskjold is active as a pirate.

Bar Harbor: Bar Harbor is a city in Maine that is mentioned in section 161 as a place where Ragnar Danneskjold has been spotted.

Buenos Aries: The home of the d'Anconia estate and the residence of Francisco's Father.

California: Hank Rearden has business concerns on California. In section 121 Lillian Rearden asks Rearden to promise he won't be in California on the night of December 10.

Cheyenne Wyoming: Cheyenne, Wyoming is the northern terminus of the Rio Norte Line.

It is mentioned in sections 111 and 171.

Chicago: Dagny Taggart passes through Chicago while returning from an inspection of the Rio Norte Line in section 112. In section 171 we learn Dagny flew to Chicago to take over Summit Casting which had gone bankrupt before delivering parts needed for the Rio Norte Line.

Chile: Francisco d'Anconia owns extensive mining properties in Chile. Chile is mentioned in section 132.

Cleveland:

Cleveland is mentioned in sections 111, 114, 133 and 152.

Colorado: Colorado is the home of Wyatt Oil and the state with the most vigorous economy in the beginning of Atlas Shrugged. It is served by Taggart Transcontinental's collapsing Rio Norte Line. It is also the location of Galt's Gulch.

Colorado is mentioned in sections 111, 114, 145, 146, 147, 148, 161 and 171.

Connecticut: The home of Amalgamated Switch and Signal.

Connecticut is mentioned in section 171.

Delaware Bay: An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey and Delaware - in section 161 it is mentioned as a place where Ragnar Danneskjold has been spotted.

Denver: The home of Barton and Jones.

Mentioned in section 171.

Detroit: Hank Rearden knows a contractor in Detroit who is interested in buying Rearden Metal.

Detroit is mentioned in section 161.

El Paso, Texas: El Paso, Texas is the southern terminus of the Rio Norte Line. Francisco d'Anconia was in El Paso at the time Mrs. Gilbert Vail claimed he was with her in the Andes.

El Paso is mentioned in sections 111 and 152.

England: The People's State of England is mentioned in section 161. Ragnar Danneskjold's ship is said to be better than any in the English navy.

Europe: In Atlas Shrugged, Europe has declined faster than the United States and has become an economic wasteland. For the most part, countries in Europe are mentioned only in the context of a relief ship being sent there, usually one that has been seized by Ragnar Danneskjold.

Europe is mentioned in section 161.

Fifth Avenue: A street in downtown New York. In section 111, Eddie Willers walks down Fifth Avenue on his way to the Taggart Transcontinental building.

France: The People's State of France was to receive a large ship of relief supplies from the United States, but this ship was seized by Ragnar Danneskjold. This is mentioned in section 161.

Hudson River: Dagny Taggart's childhood home was located in the hills overlooking The Hudson River. The home is also said to be five miles from Rockdale, though the actual Rockdale, NY is more like one hundred miles from the Hudson River.

It is mentioned in sections 111, 152 and 175.

Illinois: The home of Summit Casting.

Illinois is mentioned in section 171.

Lake Michigan: Ore is shipped across Lake Michigan. However the ships used to transport it are growing so old that the shipping lanes are dying. Paul Larkin cuts a deal with James Taggart to ship his ore by rail, which drives the Lake Michigan shippers out of existence, and makes Larkin dependent on Taggart.

Louisiana: Eddie Willers finds a wood-burning locomotive in Louisiana which is used to run trains on the San Sebastian Line. This is mentioned in section 132.

Madrid: In section 152 a young Francisco d'Anconia mentions he spent a winter in Madrid with the Duke of Alba.

Maine: Maine is mentioned in passing in section 161. Someone is complaining about the sense of forebodding she has whenever it is dark, as if the daylight will never return. Another woman says her cousin in Maine feels the same way. The conversation then turns to Ragnar Danneskjold, who has been seen off the coast of Maine.

Mexico: Mexico, formally the People\'s State of Mexico, is a poor, corrupt third-world nation. It is the home of the San Sebastian Mines and of Taggart Transcontinental's San Sebastian Line. After millions of investment dollars are poured into these projects, they are nationalized by the Mexican government.

Mexico is mentioned in sections 111, 131, 132, 142, 143, 151 and 152.

Mexico City: Jules Mott is Taggart Transcontinental's representative in Mexico City.

Mexico City is mentioned in sections 142 and 143.

Middle West: Nathaniel Taggart is rumoured to have killed a state legislator from the Middle West. Supposedly the legislator had sold short shares of Taggart's railroad, and was using his power in the state government to drive the railroad into bankruptcy. This is mentioned in section 132.

Minnesota: Minnesota was the location of Hank Rearden's first job, working in the iron mines at age 14. He continues to hold business concerns there. In section 171 Rearden lies to Dagny Taggart about going to Minnesota so he doesn't have to fly with her to New York.

Minnesota is mentioned in sections 121 and 171.

Montana: The location of Francisco d'Anconia's first job with d'Anconia Copper.

It is mentioned in section 152.

Nantucket: Nantucket is an island off the southern coast of Massachusetts, Ragnar Danneskjold has been spotted there.

Nantucket is mentioned in section 161. New Hampshire: New Hampshire is the home of The State Science Institute, a government research institution and the only research facility left in the country.

New Hampshire is mentioned in section 174.

New Jersey: New Jersey is the home of United Locomotive Works.

New Jersey is mentioned in section 141.

New Mexico: New Mexico is a state where the Phoenix-Durango has successfully obtained the freight business that formerly went to the Rio Norte Line. After the passage of the Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule the Phoenix-Durango is forced to abandon operations in New Mexico, as well as in Colorado.

New Mexico is mentioned in sections 111 and 146.

New York: New York is the home of Taggart Transcontinental and the scene of much of the action in Atlas Shrugged. New York is treated as the cultural and intellectual center of the United States.

It appears in sections 111, 113, 114, 141, 152, 161, 162 and 171.

Norway: The People's State of Norway was the home of Ragnar Danneskjold, who can no longer return there because they have put a million-dollar price on his head.

It is mentioned in section 161.

Ohio: In section 112, Dagny Taggart decides to appoint Owen Kellogg as the new head of Taggart Transcontinental's Ohio Division.

Ohio is mentioned in sections 112 and 114.

Pennsylvania: Home of Rearden Steel. A newspaper ridiculed Rearden for starting a steel company, claiming "The historical cycle of steelmaking in Pennsylvania is running down."

Philadelphia: Philadelphia is the home of Hank Rearden and Rearden Steel.

Philadelphia is mentioned in sections 114 and 121.

Portugal: The People's State of Portugal is another country that is offering a reward for the capture of Ragnar Danneskjold.

It is mentioned in section 161.

Redding: In section 121 Philip Rearden mentions visiting Redding. It is not clear which Redding this is, possible Redding, Connecticut.

Rockdale: A town near the Taggart estate in upstate New York. Dagny Taggart had her first position working for Taggart Transcontinental at the Rockdale Station, when she was 16. The Taggart estate overlooks the Hudson River. Rockport, we are told, is five miles from the estate. The actual town of Rockport, New York is more like 100 miles from the Hudson River.

San Francisco: San Francisco is the western terminus of Taggart Transcontinental. It is mentioned in section 111.

Scotland: Scotland is mentioned in section 161. Someone reports that Ragnar Danneskjold's ship had been spotted there.

Spain: Spain is the ancestral home of the d'Anconias. Sebastian d'Anconia fled Spain to escape the Inquisition.

This is mentioned in section 152.

Turkey: The People's State of Turkey is another country that is offering a reward for the capture of Ragnar Danneskjold.

It is mentioned in section 161.

United States: The United States is the setting of Atlas Shrugged. While almost every other nation has become a socialist "People's State", the United States remains the last country with some semblance of a free economy. This is rapidly changing, and the book follows the United States as it gradually beomes a "People's State" itself.

(This point is unconfirmed): In the novel, the United States is not referred to as America.

The United States is mentioned in section 132.

Valparaiso: In section 152 the harbor of Valparaiso is mentioned as a location for one of Francisco d'Anconia's parties. At this party, the guests wore bathing suits, and were showered with champagne throughout the night.

Washington: Washington is the seat of the government of the United States. Throughout Atlas Shrugged it is portrayed as a corrupt center of bureaucratic looters. Many directives that affect the plot are issued from Washington, but little to none of the book's action occurs there.

Washington is mentioned in sections 121, 131, 132, 143 and 161.

Wilmington: In section 121 Philip Rearden mentions visiting Wilmington. Presumably this is Wilmington, Delaware.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Places in Atlas Shrugged."

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The Chicago Manual of Style

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) is one of the most highly regarded style guides for American English publications style, manuscript preparation, and, to a lesser degree, usage. It is commonly used by publishers and editors as the last resort for questions of proper presentation of text. In the publications world, style means punctuation, italicization, bolding, capitalization, tables, and so forth, and not prose style.

It is published by the University of Chicago Press. The first edition was published by the university in 1906 under the title A Manual of Style. It is currently in its 15th (2003) edition.

See also

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Chicago

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
CHAEnglishChicago Housing AuthorityN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Chicago

Synonyms: boodle (n), stops (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Chicago

English words defined with "Chicago": Al Capone, Alphonse Capone, arrive ♦ butterfly effect ♦ Capone, change, come, conduct ♦ direct ♦ get ♦ Hutchins ♦ lead ♦ on the spur of the moment ♦ Robert Maynard Hutchins ♦ Scarface, suddenly ♦ To be from, transfer ♦ University of Chicago. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Chicago": ARMOUR ♦ CBT, CME, Coulter counter ♦ DOWIE ♦ expanded traded hour ♦ FOOL, FOOT-PATH, Funny ♦ GORE ♦ Jonah and the Whale ♦ Needless Prepositions ♦ Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks ♦ to shuttle ♦ United States League of Savings Institutions. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Chicago" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (Chicago), Dutch (Chicago), German (Chicago), Hungarian (Chicago), Italian (Chicago), Portuguese (chicago), Spanish (Chicago), Swedish (Chicago), Turkish (Chicago).

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Modern Usage: Chicago

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Tell him if he doesn't sign the bill lowering the cable rates, we will release the video of him with the cheerleader in the Chicago motel room (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein)

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses (The Blues Brothers; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and John Landis.)

I wore them under my Chicago Bulls uniform every game (Space Jam; writing credit: Leonardo Benvenuti; Steve Rudnick)

I live in Aurora, Illinois, which is a suburb of Chicago -- excellent (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers)

Here's how, they pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send on of his to the morgue! That's the Chicago way, and that's how you get Capone (The Untouchables; writing credit: Oscar Fraley; Eliot Ness)

Lyrics

He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way. (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; performing artist: Bette Midler)

Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge (Back In The USA; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

One went to Chicago (Leader Of The Band; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg)

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin', (In the Ghetto; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

Well the South side of Chicago (Bad, Bad Leroy Brown; performing artist: Jim Croce)

Movie/TV Titles

The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971)

Cry Dr. Chicago (1971)

The Blues Is Alive and Well and Living in Chicago (1970)

Chicago 70 (1970)

The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (1969)

Song Titles

The Night Chicago Died (performing artist: Paper Lace)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Chicago

DomainTitle

References

  • Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Chicago Title Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Chicago - RAW: Real Artists Working (reference)

  • Jeff Buckley - Live in Chicago (reference)

  • The Real World You Never Saw - Chicago (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Chicago

Photos:
Chicago

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Illustrations:
Chicago

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Computer Images:
Chicago

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Photo Album: Chicago

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Chicago Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts. Credit: NASA.

Chicago Harbor Light. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Chicago, Illinois. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Urban garden in Chicago. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Restored wetland in the city of Chicago, Illinois. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Hands of a resident of public housing in the South Side of Chicago, IL., holds tomatoes from the community vegetable garden as part USDA's urban revitalization program. . Credit: USDA.

"Religious fervor is mirrored on the face of a Black Muslim woman, one of some 10,000 listening to Elijah Muhammad deliver his annual Savior's Day message in Chicago. The city is headquarters for the Black Muslims. Their $75 million empire includes a mosque, newspaper, university, restaurants, real estate, bank, and variety of retail stores. Muhammad died February 25, 1975." By John H. White, Chicago, Illinois, March 1974. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Stairhall, stair, details of balusters. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, November 1960. (Reproduction Number: HABS, MINN, 62-SAIP,13-7) This carved oak staircase connects the first and second floors of the three-story mansion built for James C. Burbank, a Vermont-born pioneer and major figure in early Minnesota transportation. Burbank, who made his fortune in stage-coach and riverboat traffic, hired the Chicago architect Otis C. Wheelock in 1862 to build him a mansion in the latest style. That style, commonly known as Italianate, features round arches, brackets, belvederes or cupolas, and other architectural elements found in villas and country houses around Italy. Today, the Burbank House is one of the finest early Italianate-style houses in St. Paul. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hadley-Page airplane "Atlantic" in flight during non-stop trip from New York to Chicago; 1919; {04.400/32}.

Caption: Portrait of Samuel Insull; Chicago, IL; March 11, 1920; {10.168/2} (jpg).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Chicago
 

"Chicago Nights 1" by Jason Harle
Commentary: "Random shots from Chicago, IL in the USA."		"Chicago Metra" by Chuck Reynolds
Commentary: "Waiting at a Metra train station in CHicago, Il. USA."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Chicago".

PlayCaption
Chicago blues style piece with amplified harmonica as melody instrument.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Chicago

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

They completed the training program at fifteen sites throughout the greater Chicago metropolitan area where an estimated 100,000 people with AD currently reside. (references)

MDMA is usually taken orally in pill form, but snorting has been reported in Atlanta and Chicago, as has injecting in Atlanta, and anal suppository use in Chicago. (references)

The Growing Challenge of Alzheimer's Disease in residential settings is the culmination of a two-year project by the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago, Illinois, funded by a grant from the Retirement Research Foundation. (references)

Business

New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles and Atlanta are the most important destinations for Finnish business people. (references)

Alitalia, the main Italian airline, and several U.S. carriers fly a number of non-stop flights to the U.S., namely to New York, Newark, Washington, DC, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco. (references)

Many Australian agents, distributors and manufacturers attend the Greater New York Dental Meeting and the Chicago Dental Show. The majority of the dental industry in Australia attends the Australian Dental Industry Association’s Dental Industry Exhibition. (references)

Economic History

Sweden

Consulates General are in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. (references)

Switzerland

Swiss national tourist offices are in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. (references)

Bermuda

The Bermudian Government's Department of Tourism has offices in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, and Boston. (references)

Trade

Argentina

EXIM has five regional offices in New York, NY; Miami, FL; Houston, TX; Chicago, IL; or Long Beach, CA. (references)

Italy

Italy and the United States agreed on an +ACI-Open Skies+ACI- civil aviation regime in 1999. This is expected to liberalize the Italy-U.S. air travel market dramatically and, indeed, within the first eight months after the agreement was signed, several U.S. air carriers began new passenger or cargo service linking Italy with Chicago, Detroit and other cities. (references)

Travel

Brazil

In fact, one should be as prepared technically when making a call on a Sao Paulo firm as on a Chicago firm. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

FOOL, n. A person who pervades the domain of intellectual speculation and diffuses himself through the channels of moral activity. He is omnific, omniform, omnipercipient, omniscience, omnipotent. He it was who invented letters, printing, the railroad, the steamboat, the telegraph, the platitude and the circle of the sciences. He created patriotism and taught the nations war -- founded theology, philosophy, law, medicine and Chicago. He established monarchical and republican government. He is from everlasting to everlasting -- such as creation's dawn beheld he fooleth now. In the morning of time he sang upon primitive hills, and in the noonday of existence headed the procession of being. His grandmotherly hand was warmly tucked-in the set sun of civilization, and in the twilight he prepares Man's evening meal of milk-and-morality and turns down the covers of the universal grave. And after the rest of us shall have retired for the night of eternal oblivion he will sit up to write a history of human civilization.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Chicago

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Margaret Thatcher

I love Chicago. And also, of course, it has the most marvelous art gallery, and some lovely impressionist painting. Absolutely beautiful, and it's a lovely city.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Chicago

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Chicago stopped social promotion, and started mandatory summer school, to help students who are behind to catch up.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Chicago

"Chicago" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Chicago" is used about 1,090 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%1,0906,922

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Chicago

CountryNameCountryName
Netherlands

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.

USA

Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Chicago


1. Chicago, IL (city, FIPS 14000)
Location: 41.83705 N, 87.68497 W
Population (1990): 2783726 (1133039 housing units)
Area: 588.5 sq km (land), 17.7 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 60601, 60602, 60603, 60604, 60605, 60606, 60607, 60608, 60609, 60610, 60611, 60612, 60613, 60614, 60615, 60616, 60617, 60618, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60625, 60626, 60628, 60629, 60630, 60631, 60632, 60636, 60637, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60644, 60647, 60648, 60649, 60651, 60652, 60653, 60654, 60657, 60660, 60661
Country: USA

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Expression: Chicago

Expressions using "Chicago": Chicago Heights ♦ chicago il ♦ Chicago Mercantile Exchange ♦ Chicago Ridge ♦ East Chicago ♦ New Chicago ♦ North Chicago ♦ South Chicago Heights ♦ university of Chicago ♦ West Chicago. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Chicago": chicago-based, chicago-born, chicago-inspired, chicago-made, chicago-raised, chicago-style.

Ending with "Chicago": City-chicago.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Chicago

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

chicago illinois

266,011

airport chicago il international ohare

1,423

chicago

17,509

chicago map

1,210

chicago tribune

11,159

art institute of chicago

1,113

chicago cub

10,952

chicago newspaper

1,102

chicago sun times

6,787

ticket to the chicago cub

1,073

chicago hotel

4,508

chicago real estate

995

taste of chicago

3,595

chicago park district

969

chicago white sox

2,686

arpt chicago il midway

948

university of chicago

2,631

chicago theater

903

chicago bear

2,611

chicago movie

871

city of chicago

2,470

chicago metra

856

chicago weather

2,413

chicago marathon

814

book chicago house peace store

2,148

apartment chicago

806

chicago home

2,039

chicago news

743

chicago escort

1,819

university of illinois chicago

743

chicago transit authority

1,817

chicago tourism

721

chicago bull

1,713

chicago job

665

chicago public school

1,675

chicago museum

645

chicago reader

1,583

chicago public library

628

chicago restaurant

1,557

chicago skyline

564
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Chicago

Language Translations for "Chicago"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

Çikago. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

чикаго. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

芝加哥. (various references)

   

Czech

  

Chicago. (various references)

   

Danish

  

Chicagoskolen (Chicago School), Chicago-saenkekasse (Chicago caisson, Chicago well), Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Chicago Mercantile Exchange), Chicago disease (Chicago disease), nordamerikansk blastomykose (blastomycosis Gilchrist, Chicago disease, Gilchrist disease, North American blastomycosis), Gilchrist's sygdom (blastomycosis Gilchrist, Chicago disease, Gilchrist disease, North American blastomycosis), borepael (Chicago caisson, Chicago well, drilled-in caisson), børs i Chicago,hvor der handles futures og optioner på varepriser (Chicago Mercantile Exchange). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Chicago. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

ĉikago. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Chicagon koulukunta (Chicago School). (various references)

   

French

  

caisson Chicago (Chicago caisson, Chicago well), maladie de Gilchrist (Chicago disease), maladie de Chicago (Chicago disease), Ecole de Chicago (Chicago School), dermatite blastomycétique (Chicago disease), blastomycose nord-américaine (Chicago disease). (various references)

   

German

  

Chicago. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Σικάγο. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

Chicago. (various references)

   

Italian

  

Chicago. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

シェル構造 (cigar, cigarette, shell construction, Sierra Leon, siesta, to ignore, Zionism, Zionist). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

シカゴ . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

시카고. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

icagochay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

chicago. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

чикаго. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

čikago. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Chicago. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Chicago. (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

Tsikago. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ชิคาโก. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Chicago. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Chicago

Misspellings

"Chicago" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Checagou, Chiado, Chicage, Chisango. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Chicago

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-g-h-i-o"

-2 letters: chiao, chico, coach.

-3 letters: agio, chao, chia, chic, ciao, coca, ohia.

-4 letters: ago, chi, cig, cog, ghi, goa, hag, hao, hic, hog, ich, oca.

-5 letters: ag, ah, ai, go, ha, hi, ho, oh.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-g-h-i-o"
 

+1 letter: choragic, coaching.

 

+3 letters: cochairing, oligarchic, phagocytic.

 

+4 letters: charcoaling, coanchoring, encroaching, geochemical, hagioscopic, macrophagic, outcatching, outcoaching.

 

+5 letters: agrochemical, beachcombing, cacographies, cartographic, chalcogenide, chirographic, chorographic, cosmographic, discographic, geotechnical, iconographic, micrographic, oligarchical, overcoaching, phagocytotic, phycological, pictographic, scenographic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern 		5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art 		9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches 		13. Usage Frequency
14. Names: Company Usage
15. Cities
16. Expressions 		17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Abbreviations
20. Acronyms 		21. Derivations
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography


  

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