HOW TO PRONOUNCE
chicago
/ʃəˈkɑˌɡoʊ/
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The opening ch sounds like sh.
The second syllable carries the main stress. Keep the first vowel light, and give the final oh vowel a smaller beat rather than equal emphasis.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“We took the train to Chicago.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does chicago mean?
noun
- Any of various forms of the game of pool, designed for gambling.
proper noun
- A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.
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IPA pronunciation
/ʃəˈkɑˌɡoʊ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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The contents of her gray telescope were becoming untidy, and it seemed impossible to keep one’s face and hands clean in Chicago.
But after much thought he decided he would see Edith soonest by remaining at home, so he spent the summer in Chicago.
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All this was the growth of the last few years—there had been almost nothing of it when Ostrinski first came to Chicago.
In the course of his present stay in Chicago, Drouet paid some slight attention to the secret order to which he belonged.
When finished, the object-glass had an aperture of nearly twenty-five inches, and was of much greater power than the eighteen-inch Chicago instrument.