- a lake in SW New York. 18 miles (29 km) long.
- a village on this lake: summer educational center.
- 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.
- any similar assembly, especially one of a number meeting in a circuit of communities.
- of or relating to a system of education flourishing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, originating at Lake Chautauqua, New York.
- pertaining to a chautauqua: a chautauqua program.
- (in the US, formerly) a summer school or educational meeting held in the summer
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