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Chautauqua
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chautauqua
English
Etymology
From en iro-ere.
en
Pronunciation
en /ʃəˈtɔːkwə/ /ʃəˈtækwə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Chautauqua.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en town/CDP and lake resort community in co/Chautauqua County s/New York. TopoZone: Chautauqua, New York
Noun
en historical A kind of travelling tent-show which used to move across America featuring popular talks.
1 15 What is in mind is a sort of Chautauqua—that's the only name I can think of for it—like the traveling tent-show Chautauquas that used to move across America, this America, the one that we are now in, an old-time series of popular talks intended to edify and entertain, improve the mind and bring culture and enlightenment to the ears and thoughts of the hearer.
Alternative forms
en chautauqua
Derived terms
en Chautauqua County
en Chautauqua system
en Chautauquan
References
Further reading
Robert M. Pirsig´s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and the term ´Chautauqua´.
Chautauqua Institution
en terms derived from toponyms