Chicagoan

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US/ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡoʊən/US/ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊən/

adjective

Of, from or relating to the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveChicagoan (comparative more Chicagoan, superlative most Chicagoan)

comparative more Chicagoan · superlative most Chicagoan

  1. Of, from or relating to the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
nounChicagoan (plural Chicagoans)

plural Chicagoans

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

    Chicago was the turning point of my journey and I left there at midnight abroad ^([sic]) the "Chicagoan," an express of the New York Central System.

    1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 493

Origin

  1. Miamišikaakwa
  2. FrenchChécago
  3. EnglishChicago
  4. EnglishChicagoan

From Chicago + -an.

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Translations

Bulgarian чикагски
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Chinese Mandarin 芝加哥人
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Danish Chicagoan
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French chicagolais, Chicagoan
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German Chicagoer, Chicagoer
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Hungarian chicago-i
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Korean 시카고의, 시카고인
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Polish chicagowski
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Portuguese chicaguense, chicaguense
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Russian чикагский
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Spanish chicaguense, chicagüense
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Turkish şikagolu
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Cite this entry
APA

Chicagoan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chicagoan

MLA

“Chicagoan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chicagoan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chicagoan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chicagoan.

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