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Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
, Illinois, is the third-most populous city in the United States. Chicago may also refer to:


Places


United States

* New Chicago, California, an unincorporated community formerly known as "Chicago" in Amador County *
Port Chicago, California Port Chicago was a town on the southern banks of Suisun Bay, in Contra Costa County, California, Contra Costa County, California. It was located east-northeast of Martinez, California, Martinez, at an elevation of 13 feet (4 metres, m). It is bes ...
, a former town and naval station in Contra Costa County *
Chicago River The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center (the Chicago Loop). The river is one of the reasons for Chicago's geographic importance: the related Chic ...
, a river in Chicago, Illinois *
Lake Chicago Lake Chicago was a prehistoric proglacial lake that is the ancestor of what is now known as Lake Michigan, one of North America's five Great Lakes. Formed about 13,000 years ago and fed by retreating glaciers, it drained southwest through the ...
, a prehistoric lake from the Wisconsin Glacial Period * Chicago, Kansas, a formerly populated community


Zimbabwe

* Chicago, Zimbabwe, a suburb of Kwekwe


Culture and the arts


Music

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Chicago (band) Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967. Self-described as a "rock and roll band with horns," their songs often also combine elements of classical music, jazz, R&B, and pop music. Growing out of several bands fr ...
, a jazz rock band founded in 1967 ** ''Chicago'' (album), 1970 * "Chicago" (Graham Nash song), 1970 * "Chicago" (Michael Jackson song), also known as "She Was Lovin' Me" * "Chicago song", a song on David Sanborn's '' A Change of Heart'', 1987 * "Chicago" (Sufjan Stevens song), 2005 * "Chicago" (That Toddlin' Town), a 1922 song by Fred Fisher *
Chicago house Chicago house refers to house music produced during the mid to late 1980s within Chicago. The term is generally used to refer to the original house music of DJs and producers from the area, such as Ron Hardy and Phuture History and origins D ...
, a genre of electronic dance music * "Chicago", a 1977 single by
Kiki Dee Pauline Matthews (born 6 March 1947), better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English pop singer. Known for her blue-eyed soul vocals, she was the first female singer from the UK to sign with Motown's Tamla Records. Dee is best known f ...
* "Chicago", a song by Groove Armada from the 1999 album ''
Vertigo Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when they are not. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. It may be associated with nausea, vomiting, perspira ...
'' * "Chicago", a song by Hieroglyphics from the 2003 album '' Full Circle'' * "Chicago", a song by Kate Voegele from the 2007 album '' Don't Look Away'' * "Chicago", a song by The Devil Wears Prada from the 2011 album ''
Dead Throne ''Dead Throne'' is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. It was released on September 13, 2011, through Ferret Music. Produced by Adam Dutkiewicz, the record was recorded in several studios across the United S ...
'' * "Chicago", a song by Tom Waits from the 2011 album '' Bad as Me'' * "Chicago", a song by Louis Tomlinson from the 2022 album '' Faith in the Future''


Theatre, film and television

* ''Chicago'' (play), 1926, written by Maurine Dallas Watkins ** ''Chicago'' (1927 film), based on the 1926 play ** ''Chicago'' (musical), first performed in 1975, based on the 1926 play *** ''Chicago'' (2002 film), based on the 1975 musical * "Chicago" (''Prison Break''), a 2007 TV episode * ''Chicago'', a 1965 play by
Sam Shepard Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, ...
* ''Chicago'' (franchise), a group of NBC television dramas set in the Illinois city


Literature

* ''Chicago'' (magazine), a lifestyle periodical about the Illinois city * ''Chicago'' (manga), by Yumi Tamura * ''Chicago'' (novel), by Egyptian author Alaa-Al-Aswany * "Chicago" (poem), by Carl Sandburg * ''
The Chicago Manual of Style ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' (''CMOS'') is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its 18 editions (the most recent in 2024) have prescribed writing and citation styles widely used in publ ...
'', for American English


Games

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Chicago (bridge card game) Chicago, also known as Four-deal Bridge and Short Bridge,Goren, (1961), p.172. is a form of contract bridge Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, ...
, a form of contract bridge *
Chicago (poker card game) The game was allegedly invented in an underground poker club at Hammarbykajen, Stockholm in Sweden owned by the Russian mafia. The game is a variation of the Swedish card game, Fem-kort. The poker-related card game called Chicago is one of the ...
, a Swedish poker game (or any one of several stud poker variants, including "Chicago", "Big Chicago", and "Little Chicago") *
Chicago (pool) Chicago is a "" pool gambling game. Rules "Chicago" often refers to a variation of rotation pool in which the balls are initially placed in positions against the rails of the table. Another variation of Chicago is played in a similar fashion ...
, a "money ball" pool gambling game * '' Chicago 90'', a 1989 video game by Microïds * Chicago, a dice game similar or synonymous to
Farkle Farkle, or Farkel, is a family List of dice games, dice game with varying rules. Alternate names and similar games include Dix Mille, Ten Thousand, Cosmic Wimpout, Chicago, Greed, Hot Dice, Volle Lotte, Squelch, Zilch, and Zonk. A version has bee ...


People

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Judy Chicago Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen; July 20, 1939) is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces about birth and creation images, which examine the role of women in history ...
(born 1939), American feminist artist


Science and technology

* 334 Chicago, a large main-belt asteroid found in 1892 *
Chicago (typeface) Chicago is a sans-serif typeface designed by Susan Kare for Apple Computer. It was used in the Macintosh operating system user interface between 1984 and 1997 and was an important part of Apple's brand identity. It was also used in early versi ...
, a classic Apple Macintosh font *
Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation The Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known as the Chicago Convention, established the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations charged with coordinating international air trav ...
, a 1944 agreement *
Chicago Pile-1 Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1) was the first artificial nuclear reactor. On 2 December 1942, the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated in CP-1 during an experiment led by Enrico Fermi. The secret development of the react ...
, the world's first nuclear reactor *
Windows Chicago The development of Windows 95 (codenamed Chicago) began around March 1992, just after the release of Windows 3.1x, Windows 3.1 and designed to be the successor to both Windows 3.1 and Microsoft's text-based MS-DOS. At this time, Windows for Workgr ...
, the code name for Windows 95


Schools of thought

Any of several disciplines, some associated with the
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...
, including *
Chicago school (architecture) The Chicago School refers to two architectural styles derived from the architecture of Chicago. In the architectural history, history of architecture, the first Chicago School was a school (discipline), school of architects active in Chicago in t ...
* Chicago school (literary criticism) *
Chicago school (sociology) The Chicago school (sometimes known as the ecological school) refers to a school of thought in sociology and criminology originating at the University of Chicago whose work was influential in the early 20th century. Conceived in 1892, the Chicago ...
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Chicago school of economics The Chicago school of economics is a Neoclassical economics, neoclassical Schools of economic thought, school of economic thought associated with the work of the faculty at the University of Chicago, some of whom have constructed and populari ...


Sports


Current teams

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Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. They are one of two remaining ...
, a professional American football team of the NFL's National Football Conference, Northern Division *
Chicago Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago. The Blackhawks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (N ...
, a professional ice hockey team of the NHL's Western Conference, Central Division *
Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team was founded on January 16 ...
, a professional basketball team of the NBA's Eastern Conference, Central Division *
Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Division. Th ...
, a professional baseball team of the MLB's National League, Central Division *
Chicago Dogs The Chicago Dogs are an independent professional baseball team based in Rosemont, Illinois. They are members of the American Association of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of Major League Baseball. They began play in 2018 and p ...
, an independent professional baseball team based in Rosemont, Illinois *
Chicago Fire Soccer Club Chicago Fire Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Chicago. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The Fire play their home games at Soldier Field, which they share wit ...
, a professional soccer team in the MLS' Eastern Conference based in the suburb of Bridgeview *
Chicago Stars FC Chicago Stars Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the Chicago metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). A founding member of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league as the Chica ...
, a professional soccer team in the National Women's Soccer League, based in the suburb of Bridgeview *
Chicago Sky The Chicago Sky are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Sky compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The franchise was founded prior to the 2006 season. Th ...
, a professional basketball team of the WNBA's Eastern Conference *
Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...
, a professional baseball team of MLB's American League, Central Division *
Chicago Wolves The Chicago Wolves are a professional ice hockey team based in Rosemont, Illinois. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wolves play home games at the Allstate Arena ...
, a professional ice hockey team of the American Hockey League's Western Conference, Central Division and affiliate of the NHL's St. Louis Blues *
Club Atlético Nueva Chicago Club Atlético Nueva Chicago is an Argentine sports club based in Mataderos, a neighborhood in the west side of Buenos Aires, formerly called "Nueva Chicago". The club's nickname, ''El Torito'' ("The Little Bull") is an allusion to legendary 1930 ...
, an association football (soccer) club of Argentina's Primera División (premier division) in Mataderos, Buenos Aires


Former teams

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Chicago Blitz The Chicago Blitz was a professional American football team that played in the United States Football League (USFL) in the mid-1980s. They played at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. Team history The Blitz were one of the twelve charter ...
, a professional American football team of the United States Football League (1982–1984) * Chicago Boosters, an Independent American football team which played in one APFA game (1920–21) *
Chicago Bruisers The Chicago Bruisers were a professional arena football team based in Rosemont, Illinois. They were founded in 1987 as a charter member of the Arena Football League (AFL). They played their home games at Rosemont Horizon. History Founding (19 ...
, a professional arena football team and charter member of the Arena Football League (1987–1989) * Chicago Bulls (AFL, 1926), a professional American football team *
Chicago Cardinals The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons. Roots ca ...
, a professional American football team *
Chicago Cardinals (ice hockey) The Chicago Cardinals were a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey Association (1926–42), American Hockey Association. The team only played one season in the league. It was notable because it was founded by Eddie Livingsto ...
, a professional team in the American Hockey Association (1926–1927) *
Chicago Indians Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
, an American football team of the former minor American Football League (1938–39) *
Chicago Packers The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays it ...
/ Zephyrs, a professional basketball team of the National Basketball Association (1961–1963), now the
Washington Wizards The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays i ...
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Chicago Rockets The Chicago Rockets were an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1949. During the 1949 season, the team was known as the Chicago Hornets. Unlike the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, a ...
("Chicago Hornets" in 1949), a professional American football team of the All-America Football Conference (1946–1949) *
Chicago Rush The Chicago Rush were a professional arena football team based in Rosemont, Illinois. The team was founded in 2001 and played in the Arena Football League's Central Division. The Rush qualified for the playoffs in 11 of 12 AFL seasons, during w ...
, a professional arena football team of the Arena Football League (2001–2013) *
Chicago Shamrocks The Chicago Shamrocks were an ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois, that played 2 seasons in the old American Hockey Association league from 1930 to 1932. They were owned by Hockey Hall of Famer James E. Norris. History In 1930, Norris ...
, a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey Association (1930–1932) *
Chicago Stags The Chicago Stags were a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago from 1946 to 1950. History 1946–47 season In the BAA's inaugural year, the Chicago Stags were originally meant to start out as the ''Chicago Atomics'', to the point ...
, a professional basketball team of the National Basketball Association (1946–1950) *
Chicago Sting The Chicago Sting (1974–1988) was an American professional soccer team representing Chicago. The Sting played in the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1984 and in the Major Indoor Soccer League in the 1982–83 season and again from ...
, an American professional NASL soccer team (1974–1988)


Transportation

* USS ''Chicago'', any of several U.S. Navy vessels * ''Chicago'' (aircraft), a plane used in the first successful air circumnavigation of the globe * Chicago (CTA), Chicago Transit Authority **
Chicago station (CTA Blue Line) Chicago, (Chicago/Milwaukee in station announcements) is an 'L' station on the CTA's Blue Line. The station is located at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Milwaukee Avenue in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. From the ...
, or Chicago and Milwaukee **
Chicago station (CTA Brown and Purple Lines) Chicago, (Chicago/Franklin in station announcements) is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown and Purple Lines. Located in the Near North Side neighborhood at 300 W Chicago Avenue at West Chicago Avenue and North Franklin Street in Chicago, Ill ...
, or Chicago and Franklin **
Chicago station (CTA Red Line) Chicago (Chicago/State in station announcements) is an Chicago "L", "L" station on the Chicago Transit Authority, CTA's Red Line (CTA), Red Line. It serves a significant portion of the Near North Side, Chicago, Near North Side and Streetervil ...
, or Chicago and State * ''City of Chicago'' (train), a passenger train *
Chicago Tunnel Company The Chicago Tunnel Company was the builder and operator of a narrow-gauge railway freight tunnel network under downtown Chicago, Illinois. This was regulated by the Interstate Commerce Commission as an interurban even though it operated entire ...
, a former narrow-gauge freight network under downtown Chicago


See also

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Chicago Park, California Chicago Park (formerly: Storms Station) is a residential and unincorporated historic agricultural community in Nevada County, California. It is located along Highway 174, with its center at the intersection of Mt. Olive Road. The neighborhood g ...
, an unincorporated community in Nevada County *
Chicago Heights, Illinois Chicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 27,480 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A south suburb of Chicago, it is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Its nicknames include "The Cro ...
, Cook County *
Chicago Ridge, Illinois Chicago Ridge is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 14,433. It is a suburb of Chicago. History Chicago Ridge takes its name from ridges left behind when trainloads of dirt were brought out ...
, Cook County *
North Chicago, Illinois North Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 30,759 at the 2020 census making it the third-most populous city by population in the county, after Waukegan and ...
, Lake County *
South Chicago Heights, Illinois South Chicago Heights is a village and a south suburb in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,026 at the 2020 census. Geography South Chicago Heights is located at (41.483375, −87.637461). According to the 2010 census, ...
, Cook County *
West Chicago, Illinois West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,614 at the 2020 census. It was formerly named Junction and later Turner Junction, after its founder, John Bice Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Un ...
, DuPage County *
East Chicago, Indiana East Chicago is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 26,370 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Centered around heavy industry, the city is home to the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, an artificial freshwa ...
, a city *
New Chicago, Indiana New Chicago is a town in Hobart Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,999 at the 2020 census. History New Chicago was platted in 1893. A post office was opened at New Chicago in 1907, and remained in operation unti ...
, a town * Chicago Junction, Ohio, former name of Willard, Ohio *
Little Chicago, Minnesota Little Chicago is an unincorporated community in Webster Township, Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located between Lonsdale and Northfield on State Highway 19 ( MN 19). Interstate 35 Interstate 35 (I-35) is ...
, an unincorporated community *
Chicago Corners, Wisconsin Chicago Corners is an unincorporated community in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located in the Town of Oneida and in the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin The Oneida Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Oneida people in Wis ...
, an unincorporated community * Chicago Junction, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Little Chicago, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * "
My Kind of Town "My Kind of Town" or "My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)" is a popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The song was originally part of the musical score for ''Robin and the 7 Hoods'', a 1964 musical film starring sever ...
", a song sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Chicago" * Chicago shooting (disambiguation) * Chicagoland (disambiguation) * {{disambiguation, geo