Appalachians

English

Etymology

See Appalachian.

Pronunciation

• (Northern US) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.ʃənz/, /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.tʃənz/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃənz

  Homophone: appellations

• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.pəˈlæ.tʃənz/

  Rhymes: -ætʃənz

Proper noun

Appalachians pl (plural only)

1. 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.
2. The portion of this area which lies in the southern United States, as a socioeconomic region.

Translations

a mountain range in eastern North America

• Arabic: جِبَال اَلْأَبَلَاش m pl (jibāl al-ʔabalāš)
• Catalan: Apalatxes m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿巴拉契亞山脈／阿巴拉契亚山脉 (zh) (Ābālāqìyà shānmài)

• Dutch: Appalachen (nl) pl
• Faroese: Appalakkufjøll n pl
• French: Appalaches (fr) pl
• German: Appalachen (de) pl
• Greek: Αππαλάχια (el) n pl (Appaláchia), Απαλάχια (el) (Apaláchia)
• Ido: Apalachi
• Japanese: アパラチア山脈 (Aparachia sanmyaku)
• Portuguese: Apalaches m pl, Appalaches m pl
• Russian: Аппала́чи f pl (Appaláči)
• Spanish: Apalaches
• Swedish: Appalacherna (sv) n pl

Noun

Appalachians

1. plural of Appalachian