English Dictionary |
WINDY CITY
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
IPA (US): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does Windy City mean?
• WINDY CITY (noun)
The noun WINDY CITY has 1 sense:
1. largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
Familiarity information: WINDY CITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Chicago; Windy City
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Meronyms (parts of "Windy City"):
Sears Tower (a skyscraper built in Chicago in 1974; 1454 feet tall)
University of Chicago (a university in Chicago, Illinois)
Holonyms ("Windy City" is a part of...):
IL; Ill.; Illinois; Land of Lincoln; Prairie State (a midwestern state in north-central United States)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Even the water gets stale if it does not flow." (Albanian proverb)
"Moderation in spending is half of all living." (Arabic proverb)
"Gentle doctors cause smelly wounds." (Dutch proverb)