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 

• CHATTANOOGA (noun)

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)