Appalachia

English

Appalachia

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

  1. 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.
  2. A town in Wise County, Virginia.

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Appalachia.

Proper noun

Appalachia f

  1. Appalachia (a region in the eastern United States)
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