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Appalachian Mountains
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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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Noun1.Appalachian MountainsAppalachian 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
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 [æpəˈleɪʃən-] npl the Appalachian Mountains → los (Montes) Apalaches
Appalachian Mountains [æpəˈleɪʃən-] npl the Appalachian Mountains → les (monts mpl) Appalaches mpl
Appalachian Mountains [æpəˈleɪʃən-] npl the Appalachian Mountains → die Appalachen pl
Appalachian Mountains [æpəˈleɪʃən-] npl the Appalachian Mountains → i Monti Appalachi


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