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

“This may be the last chance to clinch a deal,” said Saeid Golkar, associate professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and an expert on Iran’s military.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

But it notched a major victory two years ago in Chattanooga, despite workers there having previously rejected the union twice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Police officers were dispatched to a residence near Chattanooga in Tennessee on Thursday.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

The April 2025 sale of an IonQ system to a Chattanooga, Tenn., municipal power company, says Wolfpack, was funded two-thirds by IonQ itself, and one-third by the federal earmarks of a Tennessee congressman.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

“And Daniel, between Lexington and Chattanooga you will inhale 105,564 times and you’ll blink 436,475 times—that is, of course, unless you see something exciting, in which case you’ll inhale 123,876 times and blink 437,098 times!”

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis