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Appalachia

[ ap-uh-ley-chuh, -lach-uh, -ley-chee-uh, -lach-ee-uh ]

noun

  1. a region in the eastern United States, in the area of the southern Appalachian Mountains, usually including northeastern Alabama, northwestern Georgia, northwestern South Carolina, western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, western Virginia, eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and eastern Ohio.
  2. Geology. a Paleozoic landmass, the erosion of which provided the sediments to form the rocks of the Appalachian Mountains.


Appalachia

/ ˌæəˈɪʃɪə /

noun

  1. a highland region of the eastern US, containing the Appalachian Mountains, extending from Pennsylvania to Alabama
“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

Appalachia

  1. A mountainous region in the eastern United States, running from northern Alabama to Pennsylvania , and including parts of Georgia , South Carolina , North Carolina , Tennessee , Kentucky , Virginia , and all of West Virginia .
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Notes

A major coal-mining center and one of the most impoverished regions of the country.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Appalachia1

First recorded in 1920–25; back formation from Appalachian ( def )
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The Atlantic provinces have fallen on hard economic times, amplified by the collapse of offshore fishing stocks, and are regarded by some of their fellow Canadians as kind of a frozen Appalachia.

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Three other hydrogen hubs in Republican-leaning red states and regions — Texas, Appalachia and a “heartland” hub in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota — are safe, the list shows.

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In one series, he spent four days living with a struggling family to humanize the lives of people in Appalachia.

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Post-Jim Crow era, many freed Black people found place in the mountains of Southern Appalachia which has contributed to the richness of food traditions here.

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"Clearly southern Appalachia is not the 'climate haven' that it was built up to be," Ms Lahr said.

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