Chautauqua
noun
Lake, a lake in SW New York. 18 miles (29 km) long.
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chautauquanoun(in the US, formerly) a summer school or educational meeting held in the summer
Chautauqua
American
[shuh-taw-kwuh, chuh-]
/ ʃəˈtɔ kwə, tʃə- /
noun
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Lake, a lake in SW New York. 18 miles (29 km) long.
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a village on this lake: summer educational center.
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an annual educational meeting, originating in this village in 1874, providing public lectures, concerts, and dramatic performances during the summer months, usually in an outdoor setting.
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(usually lowercase) any similar assembly, especially one of a number meeting in a circuit of communities.
adjective
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of or relating to a system of education flourishing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, originating at Lake Chautauqua, New York.
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(usually lowercase) pertaining to a chautauqua.
a chautauqua program.
chautauqua
British
/ ʃəˈtɔːkwə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of chautauqua
C19: named after Chautauqua, a lake in New York near which such a school was first held
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Any trip should involve a hike in Chautauqua Park, or a long, meandering bike ride along the Boulder Creek Path.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
For live music or comedy, venues like the Art-Deco-style Boulder Theater and Chautauqua Auditorium, a wooden building built in 1898, offer entertainment with the bonus of interesting architecture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The soon-to-reopen section of highway, which spans from Chautauqua Boulevard just north of Santa Monica to Sweetwater Canyon Drive in Malibu will operate two lanes of traffic in both directions, according to a CalTrans document.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2025
We’d evacuated a few years ago, so they knew that once there’s an evacuation order, Chautauqua and Temescal would be backed up.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025
"When they reached the American shore," went on grandfather, "they had to carry their canoes over the twelve miles of country that we are passing over now until they reached the head of Chautauqua Lake."
From Ethel Morton at Chautauqua by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith
According to some historians, the movement peaked around 1915, when 12,000 communities had hosted a chautauqua.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022
Eventually, the word chautauqua became a generic term to describe a range of educational events in rural areas.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022
Joni's arrival turns the camp town meeting into a sing-along chautauqua.
From Time Magazine Archive
He took out after U.S. criticism, which he said "smells of the pulpit, the chautauqua, the schoolroom."
From Time Magazine Archive
Magazines, the public forum, the chautauqua, the church, political gatherings, trade union meetings, women's clubs, and news serials in the moving picture houses supplement the press.
From Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann
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