Appalachian
English
Etymology
From a Native American village near present-day Tallahassee, Florida transcribed in Spanish as Apalchen or Apalachen [a.paˈla.tʃɛn]. The name was eventually used also for the tribe and region spreading well inland to the north. Now spelled "Appalachian", it is the fourth oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US after Florida, the Dry Tortugas, and Cape Canaveral.[1] After the de Soto expedition in 1540, Spanish cartographers began to apply the name of the tribe to the mountains themselves.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "northern US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌæ.pəˈleɪ.(t)ʃən/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Homophone: appellation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "southern US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌæ.pəˈlæ.tʃən/
- Rhymes: -ætʃən
Adjective
Appalachian (comparative more Appalachian, superlative most Appalachian)
- Referring to the region of Appalachia or its characteristics.
- Referring to the people and culture of Appalachia.
Translations
referring to Appalachia
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Noun
Appalachian (plural Appalachians)
- A person from Appalachia.
Related terms
Translations
person from Appalachia
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Proper noun
Appalachian
- The dialect of people from Appalachia.
Synonyms
References
- ^ George Stewart, Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (1945, New York: Random House), pages 11–13, 17, 18