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Alleghenies

Alleghenies proper noun: the Allegheny Mountains in south central Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia. Also the plural of Allegheny.

Proper noun

Alleghenies

  1. The Allegheny Mountains in south central Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia.
    • Squatterism is as old as our country. George Washington in 1784 was making entries in his diary about his experiences with squatters on lands he owned west of the Alleghenies.1979, W. W. Robinson, Land in California, page 111

Also used as

Alleghenies is also the plural of Allegheny.

Questions about Alleghenies

What does Alleghenies mean?
Alleghenies means the Allegheny Mountains in south central Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia.
What part of speech is Alleghenies?
Alleghenies is a proper noun.

Words near Alleghenies in the dictionary

  1. Alleghany
  2. Alleghany County
  3. alleghanyite
  4. alleghanyites
  5. Alleghenian
  6. Alleghenies
  7. Allegheny
  8. Allegheny alligator
  9. Allegheny alligators
  10. Allegheny City
  11. Allegheny County

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