Appalachia
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from Appalachian.
Pronunciation edit
- (southern US) IPA(key): /ˌæ.pəˈlæ.tʃə/
- Rhymes: -ætʃə
- (northern US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.(t)ʃə/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃə
Proper noun edit
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 edit
a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Appalachia.
Proper noun edit
Appalachia f
- Appalachia (a region in the eastern United States)