单词 | chautauqua |
释义 | chautauqua in British English (ʃəˈtɔːkwə) noun (in the US, formerly) a summer school or educational meeting held in the summer Word origin C19: named after Chautauqua, a lake in New York near which such a school was first heldChautauqua in American English (ʃəˈtɔkwə) US 1. lake in SW N.Y.: 18 mi (29 km) long 2. town on this lake: pop. 5,000 Derived forms Chautauquan (Chauˈtauquan) adjective, noun Word origin < Seneca name; prob., lit., “one has taken out fish there”chautauqua in American English (ʃəˈtɔkwə) noun an educational and recreational assembly with lectures, concerts, etc. Word origin < the summer schools inaugurated at Chautauqua in 1874 |
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