Chattanooga
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3.9
- proper noun
- /ˌtʃætəˈnuːɡə/
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Chattanooga
- I wondered how far Mama and Daddy had gotten on their trip to Chattanooga.
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Chattanooga, TN
- Chattanooga, Tenn.
Went back to LA, was still splitting my time between LA and Chattanooga.
- Went back to LA, was still splitting my time between LA and Chattanooga.
- And after I'd done the comedy special, my first shows were in Chattanooga.
- So now I'm flying to Atlanta, connecting, and then driving for two hours to Chattanooga.
- If you know you're from, you know, whatever Chattanooga, if, right?
Examples
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I visited Chattanooga last summer and loved exploring the Tennessee River.
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This past weekend I was in Chattanooga, TN I flew back this morning to Los Angeles.
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Listen, I have no idea if we make over $40 worth of long distance calls to Chattanooga each month.
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I heard about it in Chattanooga but never took the time to find out exactly what it is.
Fiction book (1994) -
We talked about this in Chattanooga.
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Rose, did you hear about that man in Chattanooga?
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So we have an office in New York, LA, San Francisco, Chattanooga, TN and London.
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The context for the study was the Superintendent's Leadership Conference, Hamilton County Department of Education, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Academic text (1991) -
Hi, I'm Caleb, we're from Chattanooga, TN and we just got married.
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Mark Curriden, a legal affairs writer, is an editor with the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times.
Academic text (1995)
Compounds
A major 1863 American Civil War battle where Union forces defeat the Confederate army
A major 1863 battle where Union forces led by Ulysses S. Grant defeat Confederate troops near Chattanooga, Tennessee
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chattanooga comes from a Native American word often said to mean 'rock rising to a point'. That's an easy image to remember because the city sits on the Tennessee River beneath high, rocky places like Lookout Mountain.