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# chicago

«chicago» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big city in the United States, in the state of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

proper noun (Chicago)

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) It is the third-largest city in the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/#m2)

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

### In the corpora

- [Example: a girl in Glasgow and a girl in Chicago both say they love «football».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/3/)
- [In Chicago, Darnell has a half-brother in Texas he's never met; they FaceTime on Sundays.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/505-half-and-step-siblings/33/)
- [That is how a warming world can still have a freezing week in Chicago and a record 40 degrees in England.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chicago» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.