[Hieronymus]

Chicago is a French rendering of a Native-American name for a flower. That’s cultural appropriation. I demand that the city change its name

[ought-six]

“Chicago is a French rendering of a Native-American name for a flower.”

More precisely, it was an Indian word for “stinky onion.”

[SoCal Pubbie]

The French word that became Chicago meant “stinky onion” for the wild onions growing along the river.