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Chattanooga

city in Tennessee, a native name of uncertain origin, said to be either Cherokee or Muskogee; compare Muskogee cvto "rock" (in Chattahoochee, etc.); the entire name is said to mean "rock rising to a point," which might describe nearby Lookout Mountain.

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Definitions of Chattanooga from WordNet

Chattanooga (n.)
a city in eastern Tennessee;
Chattanooga (n.)
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: battle of Chattanooga
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