WINDY CITY
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
• WINDY CITY (noun)
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"):
University of Chicago (a university in Chicago, Illinois)
Holonyms ("Windy City" is a part of...):
IL; Illinois; Land of Lincoln; Prairie State (a Midwest state in north-central United States)
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