Appalachia
English
Etymology
Back-formation from Appalachian.
Pronunciation
- (southern US) IPA(key): /ˌæ.pəˈlæ.tʃə/
- Rhymes: -ætʃə
- (northern US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.(t)ʃə/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃə
Proper noun
Appalachia
- A region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains, that stretches from southwestern Pennsylvania to northern Alabama, usually excluding New York State and New England.
- 2021, Brandon Taylor, “Filthy Animals”, in Filthy Animals, Daunt Books Originals, page 130:
- A thick forest of pine trees encircles their subdivision, and beyond that, in the distance, is the shadow of the mountain, one of those low hills at the cusp of Appalachia in northern Alabama.
- A town in Wise County, Virginia.
Translations
a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Appalachia.
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