The name Chicago is derived from a French rendering of the indigenous Miami-Illinois word shikaakwa for a wild relative of the onion.
Chicago is the third most populous city in the United States after New York city.
Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837. The original location of the city for Chicago was unremarkable. It was a small settlement near the origin of the Chicago River on the southern tip of Lake Michigan. (Encylopedia Britannica)
Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation.
Beyond its iconic food, music, and architecture, Chicago is also known for its rich history and vibrant culture. From blues to jazz to hip hop, there is something for everyone in the Windy City's thriving music scene.
Which state is Chicago in USA?
The city of Chicago is located in Illinois.
The City of Chicago is located on land that is and has long been a center for Native peoples. The area is the traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe, or the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other Nations consider this area their traditional homeland, including the Myaamia, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac and Fox, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Wea, Kickapoo, and Mascouten. The City specifically acknowledges the contributions of Kitihawa of the Potawatomi in fostering the community that has become.
Chicago is know as the Windy City. The earliest reference to the city by this nickname started in 1876.
The nickname doesn't actually due to the city being windiest. In fact, it is not the windiest city in the United States. The nickname can't hold true statistically.
An explanation of why Chicago is called the "windy city" can be seen in an article published on 20 November 1892 in the Freeborn County Standard of Albert Lea, Minnesota. This explanation says that the earlier references were due to Chicagoans being known to brag. Later on when the city landscape featured tall buildings and skyscrapers, it had a "tunnel effect" giving rise to wind.
Chicago has been called the "windy" city, the term being used metaphorically to make out that Chicagoans were braggarts. The city is losing this reputation, for the reason that as people got used to it they found most of her claims to be backed up by facts. As usual, people go to extremes in this thing also, and one can tell a stranger almost anything about Chicago today and feel that he believes it implicitly.
But in another sense Chicago is actually earning the title of the "windy" city. It is one of the effects of the tall buildings which engineers and architects apparently did not foresee that the wind is sucked down into the streets. Walk past the Masonic Temple or the Auditorium any day even though it may be perfectly calm elsewhere, and you will meet with a lively breeze at the base of the building that will compel you to put your hand to your hat.