English > Appalachians: 1 sense > noun 1, object| Meaning | A mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States. |
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| Synonym | Appalachian Mountains |
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| Instance of | range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains | A series of hills or mountains |
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| Part of | East, eastern United States | The region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River |
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| Parts | Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains | The western part of the Appalachian Mountains |
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| Appalachia | An impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina) |
| Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge | A range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia |
| Catskills, Catskill Mountains | A range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York |
| Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Plateau | The southwestern part of the Appalachians |
| Great Smoky Mountains | Part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee |
| Green Mountains | A range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont |
| Taconic Mountains | A range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont |
| Spanish | Apalaches |
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