Appalachians

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proper noun

A range of mountains in eastern North America, running northeast from Alabama in the United States to Newfoundland in Canada, variously including or excluding the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York.

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Meanings

proper nounAppalachians pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA range of mountains in eastern North America, running northeast from Alabama in the United States to Newfoundland in Canada, variously including or excluding the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York.
  2. pluralplural onlyThe portion of this area which lies in the southern United States, as a socioeconomic region.
noun
  1. pluralplural of Appalachian

Origin

See Appalachian.

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Translations

Arabic جِبَال اَلْأَبَلَاش
  • جِبَال اَلْأَبَلَاش (jibāl al-ʔabalāš)a mountain range in eastern North America
Catalan Apalatxes
  • Apalatxesa mountain range in eastern North America
Chinese Mandarin 阿巴拉契亞山脈 /阿巴拉契亚山脉
  • 阿巴拉契亞山脈 /阿巴拉契亚山脉 (Ābālāqìyà shānmài)a mountain range in eastern North America
Dutch Appalachen
  • Appalachena mountain range in eastern North America
French Appalaches
  • Appalachesa mountain range in eastern North America
German Appalachen
  • Appalachena mountain range in eastern North America
Greek Αππαλάχια, Απαλάχια
  • Αππαλάχια (Appaláchia)a mountain range in eastern North America
  • Απαλάχια (Apaláchia)a mountain range in eastern North America
Japanese アパラチア山脈
  • アパラチア山脈 (Aparachia sanmyaku)a mountain range in eastern North America
Portuguese Apalaches, Appalaches
  • Apalachesa mountain range in eastern North America
  • Appalachesa mountain range in eastern North America
Russian Аппала́чи
  • Аппала́чи (Appaláči)a mountain range in eastern North America
Spanish Apalaches
  • Apalachesa mountain range in eastern North America
Swedish Appalacherna
  • Appalachernaa mountain range in eastern North America

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Cite this entry
APA

Appalachians. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Appalachians

MLA

“Appalachians.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Appalachians. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Appalachians,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Appalachians.

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