Blue Ridge Mountains

British  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in the eastern US, extending from West Virginia into Georgia: part of the Appalachian mountains. Highest peak: Mount Mitchell, 2038 m (6684 ft)

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Blue Ridge Mountains Cultural  

1. Range of the Appalachian Mountains extending from southern Pennsylvania south to northern Georgia.

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Example Sentences

He climbed aboard a helicopter and headed west out of the city, toward the Blue Ridge Mountains.

From Literature

The spot reminded him of his childhood and the Blue Ridge Mountains where he grew up, and vacations at Holden Beach on the shores in North Carolina.

From Los Angeles Times

His father's family was based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

From Salon

The county includes Asheville, a city located in the Blue Ridge Mountains famed for its arts and music scene.

From BBC

The aquarium in the Blue Ridge Mountains had announced Charlotte’s pregnancy in February, stating that she hadn’t shared a tank with a male of her species in at least eight years.

From Seattle Times