What is the origin of the city name Chicago?
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The name Chicago originates from "Checagou" (Chick-Ah-Goo-Ah) or "Checaguar" which in the language of the Potawatomi means 'wild onions' or 'skunk'. The area was so named because of the smell of rotting marshland onions that used to cover it.
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Chicago comes from an Indian word for bad smell. There were wild smelly onions growing.
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