シカゴ

Japanese
Alternative spelling
市俄古 (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Chicago.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) シカ​ゴ [shìkáꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [2])[5]
  • IPA(key): [ɕi̥ka̠ɡo̞]

Proper noun

シカゴ • (Shikago) 

  1. Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)
  2. Chicago (a river in Illinois, United States)

Usage notes

On its own, this term most often refers to the city. To specifically refer to the city, append the suffix 市 (-shi, “city”). To specifically refer to the Chicago River, append the suffix 川 (-gawa, “river”).

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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