Chattanooga

American  

[chat-uh-noo-guh] / ˌtʃæt əˈnu gə /

noun

1. a city in SE Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: Civil War battle 1863.

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Chattanooga British  

/ ˌtʃætəˈnuːɡə /

noun

1. a city in SE Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: scene of two battles during the Civil War, in which the North defeated the Confederates, cleared Tennessee, and opened the way to Georgia (1863). Pop: 154 887 (2003 est)

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Chattanooga Cultural  

1. City in eastern Tennessee.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Chattanoogian
  adjective
• Chattanoogan
  adjective

Example Sentences

“The regime has to do something to break this deadlock,” Saeid Golkar, who studies Iran at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

“Because the main arbitrator is gone, the fight between different factions has started,” said Saeid Golkar, an expert in Iran’s security services at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Bernstein says the company could incur a first-quarter write-down equivalent to 60%-75% of the original $800 million investment that was made for production tooling of the ID.4 in Chattanooga.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

“It won’t stop the rumors that he is incapacitated,” said Saeid Golkar, an Iran-focused associate professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga who advocates a hard U.S. line against Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

After that, John’s letter was a long narrative of what had happened in the mountains around Chattanooga during that cold November of’63.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt