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Appalachians

Appalachians

7 3.9
A long group of mountains in eastern North America from southeastern Canada to central Alabama
  • noun
  • /ˌæpəˈleɪtʃənz/
: Apalaches
  • It stretches from the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the Mississippi River in the West, and from the Great Lakes in the north to the Ohio River in the South.

It's all set in the Appalachian Mountains.

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Examples

  • Instead of going on the girls trip to Charleston, how about you take that time to just do a portion of the Appalachian Trail for five nights alone?

  • And she finished the Appalachian Trail pregnant.

  • history out of the South, right out of the Appalachians into industrial employment in the Middle West.

  • It's all set in the Appalachian Mountains.

  • So she's following the Appalachian Trail, which which runs like this.

  • And this is what is thought to have accounted for some of the similarities in the plants that you find in the Appalachian Mountains and in China.

  • And it's all about these kind of craggy Appalachian Mountains, but yet very, very nostalgic.

  • Then you get east of the Appalachian Mountains and you get back to a more normal mid afternoon thunderstorm maxima.

  • It stretches from the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the Mississippi River in the West, and from the Great Lakes in the north to the Ohio River in the South.

  • The Appalachians are known for their breathtaking scenery and diverse wildlife.

Synonyms

Appalachian Mountains
vsAppalachians
6 3.1

A long mountain range in eastern North America from southeastern Canada to northern Alabama

is similar but reaches central Alabama rather than northern Alabama

Surface Forms

Appalachians singular
Appalachians plural

Morphology

Appalachians = Appalachian (transparent) = Appalachian + s

Regular plural formation from the noun/adjective 'Appalachian'; the meaning as the mountain range or inhabitants is predictable from the base.

Etymology

The word Appalachians comes from the name of a Native American people, the Apalachee, which early Spanish explorers heard and wrote down. Later mapmakers used that name for the long mountain range, so the mountains are still called the Appalachians today.