English Explanatory Dictionary

Chocolate City

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Nickname for Washington, D.C.: the capital of the United States.
  2. A nickname for a city with a predominantly African American population.
noun
  1. A city with a predominantly African American population.
  2. A city known for or associated with chocolate production.

Word forms

Chocolate City chocolate cities

Etymology

From chocolate + city, in reference to the large African American population. Popularized in the 1970s and by the 1975 funk album Chocolate City by Parliament.

Related words

black mecca the District
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