a. Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the neighboring Indians. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n)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, Syn.Appalachian Mountains
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a. Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the neighboring Indians. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]