Allegheny

[al-i-gey-nee]

noun

a river flowing NW from Pennsylvania into SW New York and then S through W Pennsylvania, joining the Monongahela at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River. 325 miles (525 km) long.

Related formsAl·le·ghe·ni·an, Al·le·gha·ni·an, adjectivetrans-Al·le·ghe·ni·an, adjective

Allegheny Mountains

plural noun

a mountain range in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia: a part of the Appalachian Mountains.

Also called Al·le·ghe·nies.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for allegheny

Contemporary Examples of allegheny

Her new book, Allegheny County, The Story of America's Crumbling Infrastructure will be published by FSG in 2013.
Participants in the 2011 Women in the World Summit
The Daily Beast
March 1, 2011

Historical Examples of allegheny

In 1867 he was appointed director of the Allegheny Observatory at Pittsburgh.
The Age of Invention
Holland Thompson
He suggested the Indian trail across the Allegheny Mountains.
Watch Yourself Go By
Al. G. Field
These were called the Alligewi, from which we have derived the name Allegheny.
Stories of New Jersey
Frank Richard Stockton
The Allegheny Mountains also held the settlers back for a long time.
Conservation Reader
Harold W. Fairbanks
The vegetation on this ridge appears superior to that of the Allegheny.
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers
William Bingley

British Dictionary definitions for allegheny

Allegheny Mountains

Alleghenies

pl n

a mountain range in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia: part of the Appalachian system; rising from 600 m (2000 ft) to over 1440 m (4800 ft)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

allegheny in Culture

Allegheny Mountains

[(al-uh-gay-nee)]

Western part of the Appalachian Mountains, extending from northern Pennsylvania southwest to southwestern Virginia.