CHICKAMAUGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chickamauga mean? 

• CHICKAMAUGA (noun)
  The noun CHICKAMAUGA has 1 sense:

1. a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces

  Familiarity information: CHICKAMAUGA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• 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 ("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)