Chicago (disambiguation)

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Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois, is the third most-populous city in the United States.

Chicago may also refer to:

Places and buildings

South Africa

Chicago, a neighborhood in Paarl, South Africa

United States

California

Chicago Park, California, an unincorporated community in Nevada County
New Chicago, California, formerly known as Chicago, an unincorporated community in Amador County
Port Chicago, California a former town and Naval Station in Contra Costa, County

Illinois

Chicago (CTA Blue Line station)
Chicago (CTA Brown and Purple Lines station)
Chicago (CTA Red Line station)
Chicago Heights, Illinois, Cook County
Chicago Ridge, Illinois, Cook County
Chicago River, a river in Chicago, Illinois
Lake Chicago, a prehistoric lake from the Wisconsin Glacial Period
North Chicago, Illinois, Lake County
South Chicago Heights, Illinois, Cook County
West Chicago, Illinois, DuPage County

Indiana

East Chicago, Indiana, a city
New Chicago, Indiana, a town

Minnesota

Little Chicago, Minnesota, an unincorporated community

Ohio

Chicago Junction, Ohio, former name of Willard, Ohio

Wisconsin

Chicago Corners, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Chicago Junction, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Little Chicago, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

People

Chicago (Trance artist)
Judy Chicago, an American feminist artist

Culture and the arts

Literature

Chicago (magazine), published by the Tribune Company
Chicago (manga), authored by Yumi Tamura
Chicago (novel), a novel by Egyptian author Alaa-Al-Aswany
"Chicago" (poem), by Carl Sandburg
The Chicago Manual of Style, style guide for American English published since 1906

Music

Chicago (band), rock band founded in 1967
- Chicago (album), 1970 album by the above band
"Chicago" (Graham Nash song), 1970
"Chicago" (Michael Jackson song), a song by Michael Jackson, from his 2014 posthumous album, Xscape
"Chicago" (Sufjan Stevens song), 2005 song from the album Illinois
"Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)", 1922 song by Fred Fisher
Chicago house, genre of electronic dance music
"Chicago", 1977 single by Kiki Dee
"Chicago", song by Groove Armada from the 1999 album Vertigo
"Chicago", song by Kate Voegele from the 2007 album Don't Look Away
"Chicago", song by The Devil Wears Prada from the 2011 album Dead Throne
"Chicago", song by Tom Waits from the 2011 album Bad as Me

Theatre, film and television

Chicago (play), 1926 play 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), 2007 episode in the TV series
Chicago, 1965 play by Sam Shepard

Schools of thought

There are several Chicago schools of thought, some named after distinguished programs of the University of Chicago, which is itself often abbreviated to merely the name of its city. These include:

Games

Chicago (bridge card game), a form of contract bridge
Chicago (poker card game), a Swedish poker game (or any one of several stud poker variants, including "Chicago", "Big Chicago", and "Little Chicago")
Chicago (pool), "money ball" pool gambling game
Chicago 90, 1989 video game by Microïds

Science and technology

334 Chicago, large main-belt asteroid found in 1892
Chicago (typeface), a classic Apple Macintosh font
Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, 1944 agreement concerning the regulation of international air travel
Chicago Pile-1, world's first nuclear reactor
Windows Chicago, codename for Windows 95

Transportation

Ships

USS Chicago, list of U.S. Navy vessels that have carried that name
Chicago (aircraft), first successful air circumnavigation of the globe

Train

City of Chicago (train) passenger train

Sports

Chicago Bears, a professional American football team of the NFL's National Football Conference, Northern Division
Chicago Blackhawks, a professional ice hockey team of the NHL's Western Conference, Central Division
Chicago Sky, a professional basketball team of the WNBA's Eastern Conference
Chicago Bulls, a professional basketball team of the NBA's Eastern Conference, Central Division
Chicago Cubs, a professional baseball team of the MLB's National League, Central Division
Chicago Red Stars, a professional soccer team in the National Women's Soccer League, based in the suburb of Bridgeview
Chicago Fire Soccer Club, a professional soccer team in the MLS' Eastern Conference based in the suburb of Bridgeview
Chicago White Sox, a professional baseball team of MLB's American League, Central Division
Chicago Wolves, 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, an association football (soccer) club of Argentina's Primera División (premier division) in Mataderos, Buenos Aires

Former teams

Chicago Blitz, a professional American football team of the United States Football League (1982–84)
Chicago Bruisers, a professional arena football team and charter member of the Arena Football League (1987–89)
Chicago Bulls, a professional American football team in the first American Football League (AFL I, 1926)
Chicago Cardinals, a professional NFL American football team (1920-1959), now the Arizona Cardinals
Chicago Indians (also "East Chicago Indians"), an American football team of the former minor American Football League (1938–39)
Chicago Rockets ("Chicago Hornets" in 1949), a professional American football team of the All-America Football Conference (1946–49)
Chicago Rush, a professional arena football team of the Arena Football League (2001-2013)
Chicago Sting, (1974–1988) was an American professional NASL soccer team

References

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