Home › Words › C › chautauquachautauqua/ʃəˈtɔːkwə/chautauqua means A town and lake resort community in Chautauqua County, New York.chautauqua is pronounced /ʃəˈtɔːkwə/.EtymologyFrom Erie [Term?].nameA town and lake resort community in Chautauqua County, New York.nounA kind of travelling tent-show which used to move across America featuring popular talks.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chautauquan 83% match — Of or relating to the travelling Chautauqua shows. vs chautauqua →roadshow 53% match — A show that travels from place to place. vs chautauqua →barnstorm 52% match — To travel around the countryside making political speeches etc. vs chautauqua →chaupal 51% match — A village meeting-place, typically an open terrace covered for protection against the sun and rain; the village assembly itself. vs chautauqua →chaqu 50% match — A form of Chinese opera. vs chautauqua →chaunter 48% match — A street seller of ballads or similar songs. vs chautauqua →charlatan 48% match — A mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs. vs chautauqua →marquee 48% match — A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment. vs chautauqua →