Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: chattanooga
IPA transcription: [tʃ,ætən'uɡə]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Chattanooga, battle_of_Chattanooga
    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
  • Synonyms: Chattanooga
    Meaning: a city in eastern Tennessee
Usage examples
  • "Chattanooga," answered Tom.
  • Tomorrow you can go to Chattanooga and enlist."
  • "Why not take 'em to Chattanooga now?" he was demanding.
  • "We thought that Chattanooga would be a good place for us.
  • Were they to be set free again, or would they be taken to Chattanooga?
  • I'm going over to Chattanooga with them in the morning and turn them over to the authorities.
  • "We were trying to get to Chattanooga," Tom replied, "We got started on the wrong road this morning."
  • It was found ashore a few miles down the river, and there was a report from Chattanooga that the boat had been taken.
  • The excitement of the race, of reaching this point where the road to Chattanooga lay clear before them, had been upon him; it had never entered his head that their long struggle against so many obstacles could end in anything but glorious success.