an ancient Greek town in W Boeotia: site of the victory of Philip of Macedon over the Athenians and Thebans (338 bc) and of Sulla over Mithridates (86 bc)
Chaeronea in American English
(ˌkɛrəˈniə)
ancient Greek town in Boeotia: site of a battle (338 b.c.) in which the Macedonians defeated the Greeks