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BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does battle of Chickamauga mean?
• BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA (noun)
The noun BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA has 1 sense:
1. a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces
Familiarity information: BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
battle of Chickamauga; Chickamauga
Instance hypernyms:
pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)
Domain region:
AL; Ala.; Alabama; Camellia State; Heart of Dixie (a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
Holonyms ("battle of Chickamauga" is a part of...):
American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)
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