Shikááʼgóó

Etymology

Borrowed from English Chicago, from French Chécagou, a transcription of Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa

Proper noun

Shikááʼgóó

  1. Chicago (a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States)

References

  • Robert W. Young, William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 7
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