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

• Chattanoogan
  adjective
• Chattanoogian
  adjective

Example Sentences

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

“The system is unable to reform despite massive external and internal pressure,” said Saeid Golkar, an expert on Iran’s security services who teaches at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

“The regime’s naiveté was to believe missile programs could make up for the lack of a capable air force,” said Saeid Golkar, an Iran expert at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

But the biggest winner in Chattanooga is the union.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 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