Chattanooga
pronunciation
How to pronounce Chattanooga in British English:
UK [ˌtʃætəˈnu:ɡə]
How to pronounce Chattanooga in American English:
US [ˌtʃætəˈnuɡə]
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- Noun:
- a city in eastern Tennessee
- 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
Word Origin
- Chattanooga
- city in Tennessee, of uncertain origin, said to be either Cherokee or Muskogee; compare Muskogee cvto "rock" (in Chattahoochee, etc.); the entire name is said to mean "rock rising to a point," which might describe nearby Lookout Mountain.
Example
- 1. Grant arrived in chattanooga late in october .
- 2. The chattanooga train is on track 29 .
- 3. It nestles between nashville and chattanooga with a county courthouse flanked by war monuments , and a wal-mart on the outskirts of town .
- 4. Most recently , volkswagen has hired all 2000 blue collar workers at a new facility in chattanooga , tennessee at a starting pay of $ 14.50 an hour ( which , at about $ 30000 a year is well below us median income . )
- 5. The passat being built at the new $ 1 billion chattanooga factory is a slightly longer version of a car that sells well in europe .