Meanings
- The Allegheny Mountains in south central Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia.
Squatterism is as old as our country. George Washington in 1784 was making entries in his diary about his experiences with squatters on lands he owned west of the Alleghenies.
1979, W. W. Robinson, Land in California, page 111
- pluralplural of Allegheny
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Alleghenies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alleghenies
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