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

1. A region in the eastern United States, near part of the Appalachian Mountains, that stretches from southern New York state to northern Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia, usually excluding New England.

Derived terms

• Appalachian
• Appalachians

Translations

a region in the eastern United States, near part of the Appalachian Mountains

• Afrikaans: Appalachia
• Arabic: أَبَالَاش‎ (ʔabālāš)
• Bengali: অ্যাপালেশিয়া (êpaleśiẏa), অ্যাপালেচিয়া (êpaleciẏa), অ্যাপাল্যাচা (êpallaca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿巴拉契亞／阿巴拉契亚 (aa³ baa¹ laai¹ kai³ aa³)

  Hakka: 阿巴拉契亞／阿巴拉契亚 (â pâ lâ khie á)

  Mandarin: 阿巴拉契亞／阿巴拉契亚 (zh) (ābālāqìyà)

  Min Nan: 阿巴拉契亞／阿巴拉契亚 (a pa la khòe a)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Appalachia
• Finnish: Appalachia (fi)
• French: Appalaches (fr)
• Indonesian: Appalachia
• Japanese: アパラチア (aparachia)
• Latin: Appalachia
• Ottoman Turkish: آپالاش‎ (Apalaş)
• Persian: آپالاش‎ (âpâlâš), آپالاشیا‎ (âpâlâšyâ), آپالاچیا‎ (âpâlâčyâ)
• Portuguese: Appalachia f
• Scots: Appalachia
• Spanish: Appalachia
• Thai: แอปพาเลเชีย (aepphalechia)
• Turkish: Apalaş
• Urdu: ایپلاچا‎ (āypalācā)
• Vietnamese: Appalachia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Appalachia.

Proper noun

Appalachia f

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