Chautauqua (disambiguation)

Chautauqua is an Iroquois word, meaning either "two moccasins tied together", "bag tied at the middle", "where the fish are taken out" or "jumping fish." The term may refer to:

Adult education

• Chautauqua, an adult education movement featuring lectures, plays, and musical performances; the word is also used for any single organization pursuing this activity. The idea was originated in 1874 in Chautauqua, New York, which lends its name to the format, but was soon copied elsewhere.
• Chautauqua Institution, where the Chautauqua movement started in 1874; still in operation
  • Chautauqua, a literary journal published by the Chautauqua Institution

Places

• Chautauqua Lake, a lake in Chautauqua County in western New York, and the source of all other places with this name
• Chautauqua, Illinois, a private summer resort, originally started as a tent Chautauqua
• Chautauqua, Kansas, a city
• Chautauqua, New York, a town
  • Chautauqua (CDP), New York, census-designated place corresponding to the area of the Chautauqua Institution
• Chautauqua, Ohio, a town
• Chautauqua County, Kansas
• Chautauqua County, New York
• Chautauqua Park, a park in the foothills of Boulder, CO
• Chautauqua Park Historic District, a neighborhood in Des Moines, Iowa

Other usages

• Chautauqua Airlines, a regional airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana

See also

• 21st-century Chautauquas, a list of present-day Chautauquas
• New Chautauqua, music album by Pat Metheny