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ALLEGHENIES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia
Synonyms:
Alleghenies; Allegheny Mountains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Holonyms ("Alleghenies" is a part of...):
Keystone State; PA; Pa.; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
Mountain State; W.V.; West Virginia; WV (a state in east central United States)
Appalachian Mountains; Appalachians (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)
