Appalachia

English

Appalachia

Etymology

Back-formation from Appalachian.

Pronunciation

• (southern US) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.pəˈlæ.tʃə/

  Rhymes: -ætʃə

• (northern US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.(t)ʃə/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃə

Proper noun

Appalachia

1. A region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains, that stretches from southwestern Pennsylvania to northern Alabama, usually excluding New York State and New England.
2. A town in Wise County, Virginia

Translations

a region in the eastern United States, covering a part of the Appalachian Mountains

• Afrikaans: Appalachia
• Arabic: أَبَالَاش‎ (ʔabālāš)
• Bengali: অ্যাপালেশিয়া (êpaleśiẏa), অ্যাপালেচিয়া (êpaleciẏa), অ্যাপাল্যাচা (êpallaca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿巴拉契亞／阿巴拉契亚 (aa³ baa¹ laai¹ kai³ aa³)

  Hakka: 阿巴拉契亞／阿巴拉契亚 (â pâ lâ khie á)

  Mandarin: 阿巴拉契亞／阿巴拉契亚 (zh) (ābālāqìyà)

  Min Nan: 阿巴拉契亞／阿巴拉契亚 (a pa la khòe a)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Appalachia
• Finnish: Appalachia (fi)
• French: Appalaches (fr)
• Indonesian: Appalachia
• Japanese: アパラチア (aparachia)
• Latin: Appalachia
• Ottoman Turkish: آپالاش‎ (Apalaş)
• Persian: آپالاش‎ (âpâlâš), آپالاشیا‎ (âpâlâšyâ), آپالاچیا‎ (âpâlâčyâ)
• Portuguese: Appalachia f
• Scots: Appalachia
• Spanish: Appalachia
• Thai: แอปพาเลเชีย (aepphalechia)
• Turkish: Apalaş
• Urdu: ایپلاچا‎ (āypalācā)
• Vietnamese: Appalachia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Appalachia.

Proper noun

Appalachia f

1. Appalachia (a region in the eastern United States)