Chautauqua
pronunciation
How to pronounce Chautauqua in British English:
UK [tʃɔː'tɔːkwə; ʃ-]
How to pronounce Chautauqua in American English:
US [ ʃə'tɔkwə]
Word Origin
- Chautauqua
- "assembly for popular education," 1873, from town in New York, U.S., where an annual Methodist summer colony featured lectures. The name is from ja'dahgweh, a Seneca (Iroquoian) name, possibly "one has taken out fish there," but an alternative suggested meaning is "raised body."
Example
- 1. A city of western New York on Chautauqua Lake near the Pennsylvania border.It is the trade center of a farming and grape-producing region . Population , 34,681 .