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CHATTANOOGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chattanooga mean?
• CHATTANOOGA (noun)
The noun CHATTANOOGA has 2 senses:
1. a city in eastern Tennessee
2. in the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg
Familiarity information: CHATTANOOGA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in eastern Tennessee
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Chattanooga" is a part of...):
Tenn.; Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
battle of Chattanooga; Chattanooga
Instance hypernyms:
pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)
Domain region:
Tenn.; Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)
Holonyms ("Chattanooga" 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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