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Chattanooga
noun
1. a city in eastern Tennessee
Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center
Part Holonyms: ↑Tennessee, ↑Volunteer State, ↑TN
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
Syn: ↑battle of Chattanooga
Regions: ↑Tennessee, ↑Volunteer State, ↑TN
Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
Part Holonyms: ↑American Civil War, ↑United States Civil War, ↑War between the States

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Chattanooga [Chattanooga]
a US city in the state of ↑Tennessee. It is on the Tennessee River and next to Lookout Mountain. During the American Civil War, Union soldiers climbed the mountain to defeat the Southern army at the Battle of Chattanooga (1863). The city is also well known because of the song Chattanooga Choo Choo.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.