Chattanooga (English spelling)

Japanese: チャタヌーガ（英語表記）Chattanooga

A city in southeastern Tennessee, USA. Facing the Tennessee River on the Georgia border, it is the center of an integrated development region. It was settled by the Cherokee Indians, and Chief J. Ross was famous. It was incorporated as a city in 1851. Its name comes from a Cherokee word meaning "a rock rising to a single point." It was a battlefield during the Civil War, and many of its ruins remain. It produces textiles, nuclear reactors, gas, agricultural machinery, etc. There is a TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) power plant, and the riverside is a recreational area. It has an opera company, a symphony orchestra, a small theater, a gallery, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (established in 1886). Population: 167,674 (2010).

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Japanese:

アメリカ合衆国，テネシー州南東部の都市。ジョージア州境のテネシー川に面し，総合開発地域の中心地。インディアンのチェロキー族の定住地で，首長 J.ロスは有名。 1851年市制。その名は「一つの尖頭に向ってそそり立つ岩」の意のチェロキー族の言葉に由来。南北戦争時の戦場となったところで，その遺跡が多い。織物，原子炉，ガス，農業機械などを生産。 TVA (テネシー川流域開発公社) の発電所があり，河岸は行楽地。歌劇団，交響楽団，小劇場，ギャラリー，テネシー大学チャタヌーガ校 (1886創立) がある。人口 16万7674（2010）。

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