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chocolate city en · NOUN

Etymology

From chocolate + city.

Meanings

1. (US, informal) A city with a predominantly African American population.
   • There's a lot of chocolate cities around / We got Newark, we got Gary / Someone told me we got L.A. / And we're working on Atlanta / But you're the capital C.C. 1975, “Chocolate City”, in Chocolate City, performed by George Clinton of the band Parliament:
   • I’ve lived in Los Angeles metro area since 1984. I’m from the Midwest, from a “chocolate city” at the time I grew up. I am a Black woman. 2022, LA Times, Letters to the Editor:
   • "This city will be chocolate at the end of the day. This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way; it wouldn't be New Orleans." … It's part of our culture to talk about chocolate cities. 2006 January 20, Ray Nagin, Chocolate City speech:
   • When long-time residents from these areas leave or are forced out economically, what do they take with them? Can the culture of a chocolate city — its heritage and its heart — remain when its black residents have moved on? 2018 April 11, “Art and Soul: Conserving the Culture of Chocolate Cities”, in American University Radio:
2. A city known for or associated with chocolate production.
   • Bruges is a chocolate city par excellence. The city has more than 50 passionate chocolatiers. 2013 August 9, “A Visit to Bruges (Belgium) - Part I”, in The Kitchen Lioness:

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