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Appalachians   /ˌæpəlˈeɪtʃənz/  /ˌæpəlˈeɪʃənz/  /ˈæpəlˈætʃənz/   Listen
Appalachians

noun
1.
A mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States.  Synonym: Appalachian Mountains.






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"Appalachians" Quotes from Famous Books



... must note that at the commencement of large operations parts of Kentucky and Missouri were occupied by Southern invading forces. This frontier is cut, not far from the Atlantic, by the parallel mountain chains which make up the Alleghanies or Appalachians. These in effect separated the field of operations into a narrow Eastern theatre of war, and an almost boundless Western theatre; and the operations in these two theatres were almost to the ...
— Abraham Lincoln • Lord Charnwood



Words linked to "Appalachians" :   Appalachia, Alleghenies, mountain chain, Blue Ridge Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, range, Green Mountains, Catskill Mountains, Allegheny Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains, eastern United States, range of mountains, Cumberland Mountains, Blue Ridge, Catskills, mountain range, east, Taconic Mountains, chain, chain of mountains, Cumberland Plateau



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