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Chautauqua

Chautauqua

See also: chautauqua

English

Noun

Chautauqua ‎(plural Chautauquas)

A place in the state of New York where people go over in the summer for vacation to enjoy artistic events.
A kind of travelling tent-show which used to move across America featuring popular talks.

chautauqua

chautauqua

See also: Chautauqua

English

Noun

chautauqua ‎(plural chautauquas)

Alternative form of Chautauqua
- 1988 June 10, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Sandburg and Steichen”, in Chicago Reader:
  As a boy, Sandburg was thrilled by the circus, the chautauqua, the minstrel show, the theater.