Appalachian Mountains

American  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in E North America, extending from S Quebec province to N Alabama. Highest peak, Mt. Mitchell, 6,684 feet (2,037 meters).

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Appalachian Mountains British  

plural noun

1. a mountain system of E North America, extending from Quebec province in Canada to central Alabama in the US: contains rich deposits of anthracite, bitumen, and iron ore. Highest peak: Mount Mitchell, 2038 m (6684 ft)

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Appalachian Mountains Cultural  

1. Mountain chain in the eastern United States, extending from the valley of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, to the coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama.

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Location of the Appalachian Trail, the world's longest continuous hiking path. It extends over two thousand miles from Maine to Georgia.

Historically, the Appalachian Mountains were a barrier to early western expansion. In the early 1840s, railroads began to transport settlers across the mountains, permitting access to the frontier.

Example Sentences

In a lot behind a disused West Virginia gas station at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains, Roy Funkhouser is surrounded by about a dozen beekeepers and countless buzzing bees.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Beckstrom grew up in a tiny community of homes cradled in the Appalachian Mountains on a ridge above a town of roughly 700 people that has the only stoplight in a county of 8,000 people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

From the serene coastlines of the Carolinas to the peaks of the Appalachian Mountains, this part of the country offers a variety of landscapes and lifestyles.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025

Featuring the base of the Appalachian Mountains in its northeast and sandy beaches along its southern coast, it is the most biodiverse state east of the Mississippi River.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2025

In the southeastern corner of Kentucky, in the stretch of the Appalachian Mountains known as the Cumberland Plateau, lies a small town called Harlan.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell