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# appalachian

«appalachian» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with the Appalachian Mountains, a long, old…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Appalachian); noun (an Appalachian — a person from Appalachia)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Appalachian means to do with the Appalachian Mountains, a long, old mountain range in eastern North America, from Canada down to Alabama in the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalachian/#m1)

2) Appalachian also describes the region of Appalachia and its people, music and way of life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalachian/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons the Appalachian Mountains are one of the oldest mountain ranges, worn low by millions of years of erosion. The Appalachian Trail is a famous long hiking path. In music, Appalachian folk and bluegrass use fiddles and banjos. Phrases: «the Appalachian Mountains», «the Appalachian Trail», «Appalachian music».

### examples

- The Appalachian Mountains run through the eastern United States. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalachian/#x1)
- Hikers walk the whole Appalachian Trail in about six months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalachian/#x2)
- The Appalachian Mountains are very old and rounded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalachian/#x3)
- Coal was mined in many Appalachian towns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalachian/#x4)
- We listened to Appalachian folk music with a banjo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalachian/#x5)
- Black bears live in the Appalachian forests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalachian/#x6)
- The Appalachians stretch into Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalachian/#x7)
- Our class drew the Appalachian range on a map of the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalachian/#x8)

### note

A proper adjective: written with a capital A. The mountains are also called «the Appalachians». Pronunciation varies: «ap-uh-LAY-chun» or «ap-uh-LATCH-un». Not to be confused with the Rocky Mountains in the west, which are higher and younger.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «appalachian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalachian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.