Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage English (American, Rare) Pronounced Pron. [ʃɪ.ˈkɑ.ɡoʊ](American English) /ʃə.ˈkɑː.ɡo/(in Chicago) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From the city of Chicago in the United States, originally from the Algonquian word šikaakwa meaning "wild leek, Allium tricoccum".