Appalachian Mountains

Appalachian Mountains also Ap·pa·la·chi·ans  (p-lch-nz, -chnz, -lch-nz, -lchnz)

A mountain system of eastern North America extending about 2,574 km (1,600 mi) southwest from Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and southern Quebec, Canada, to central Alabama. The range includes the Allegheny, Blue Ridge, and Cumberland mountains. Mount Mitchell in western North Carolina is the highest peak, rising to 2,038.6 m (6,684 ft).

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Appalachian Mountains, Appalachians

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(Placename) a mountain system of E North America, extending from Quebec province in Canada to central Alabama in the US: contains rich deposits of anthracite, bitumen, and iron ore. Highest peak: Mount Mitchell, 2038 m (6684 ft.)

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Appalachian Mountains - 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 Appalachians Appalachia - an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina) eastern United States, East - the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains - the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains - a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia Catskill Mountains, Catskills - a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas 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

Translations

Appalachian Mountains [ˌæpəˈleɪʃən] npl
the Appalachians, the Appalachian Mountains → les Appalaches mpl, les monts mpl Appalaches

Appalachian Mountains, Appalachians

pl → Appalachen pl

Appalachian Mountains [ˌæpəˈleɪʃən ˈmaʊntɪnz] npl the Appalachian Mountains (also the Appalachians) → i (monti) Appalachi