CHAUTAUQUA, an unincorporated village of Chautauqua county, New York, U.S.A., in a township of the same name, on the west shore of Chautauqua lake, a beautiful body of water 1,3ooft. above sea-level, 17m. long and 3m. across at its greatest width. It is served by motor-coach and electric lines, connecting with railways at Westfield and Jamestown, at either end of the lake. The resident population of the town in 1930 Federal census was 3,802. The village contains the campus and equipment of the Chautauqua institution. LYCEUMS AND CHAUTAUQUAS.)