Windy City
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- proper noun
- /ˈwɪndi ˈsɪti/
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Ciudad de los Vientos
- I just returned from the Chicago area and wanted to share some news from the Windy City:
- the Windy City Bulls
- the Windy City Gym
- Windy City, Chicago
Examples
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The Chicago Teachers Union has been in contract negotiations with Chicago Public Schools since November 2011, but this was the first actual teachers' strike to hit the Windy City in 25 years.
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Shane Dillon, 26, a librarian now living and seeking work in Chicago, joined the throng waiting to board at Detroit's Rosa Parks Transit Center for the return trip to the Windy City.
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What happened in the Windy City?
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She has a real job to get back to in the big Windy City.
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The RedEye Chicago reports that the Windy City is indeed one of the top places for street art.
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Lol, it's a fun place to visit if you ever visit the Windy City.
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The mobster lived in the home when he first moved from New York to the Windy City.
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But it's undeniable that the Windy City is under siege.
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There are quite a few Michiganders roaming the streets of the Windy City, and when it comes right down to it, Midwesterners are Midwesterners, and hockey fans are hockey fans, to the death.
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You can enjoy a deep-dish pizza while visiting the Windy City with friends.
Synonyms
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A large city in the US state of Illinois on Lake Michigan's shore famous for museums and food
Surface Forms
Morphology
Compositional reading ('a city that is windy') is directly derivable from 'windy' + 'city', so a B1 learner who knows the words will understand the literal descriptive sense. However, its conventionalized use as a fixed nickname specifically for Chicago is referential and not predictable from the constituents alone, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Windy City may come from the strong winds that blow off Lake Michigan and down the streets, creating a clear picture of a very windy place. So people use Windy City as a 'nickname' for Chicago because of those strong winds.