Blue Ridge
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- proper noun
- /bluː rɪdʒ/
- US
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Blue Ridge
- His greatest feat was cutting four railroad tunnels through the Blue Ridge Mountains, a task begun in 1850 and completed eight years later.
- Blue Ridge Mountains
I live in the Piedmont of North Carolina, about two hours southeast of the Blue Ridge Mountains and about the same distance northwest of the Atlantic Ocean.
- I live in the Piedmont of North Carolina, about two hours southeast of the Blue Ridge Mountains and about the same distance northwest of the Atlantic Ocean.
Examples
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The hot day had begun to cool as the sun dipped toward the peak of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Blog text (12) -
Crozet nestles in the haunches of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Fiction book (1991) -
I got miles and miles and miles and miles ahead of me before I reach the Blue Ridge,
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We have been ordered to cross the Blue Ridge to his assistance.
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Our family recently purchased some land there, in the Blue Ridge Mountain chain.
Fiction book (1991) -
The rolling hills of the Appalachian and Blue Ridge Mountains seem to go on forever.
Blog text (10) -
There were photos of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia on the paneled walls.
Fiction book (1999) -
Whites believed that the Chattahoochee River offered particularly healthy water, distilled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia.
Academic text (2010) -
The New River, then, along with the Blue Ridge Parkway, has become increasingly important because of its scenic beauty and ability to attract sightseers.
Academic text (2001) -
The views from the Blue Ridge mountains are breathtaking, especially at sunrise.
Synonyms
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A mountain range in the eastern United States from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a toponym but its meaning is directly built from 'blue' (the color) + 'ridge' (a long elevated landform), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a ridge with a bluish appearance. The pattern (color + landform) is cross-linguistically common and follows ordinary English composition, making the expression immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Blue Ridge gets its name from how the distant hills look: the far ridges often seem blue in the light. So the name describes those bluish hills and is used for the 'mountain range'.