ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS

Pronunciation (US):

• ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS (noun)
  The noun ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS has 1 sense:

1. the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia

  Familiarity information: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS used as a noun is very rare.

• ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS (noun)

Meaning:

The western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Alleghenies; Allegheny Mountains

Instance hypernyms:

chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)

Holonyms ("Allegheny Mountains" is a part of...):

Keystone State; PA; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

Mountain State; West Virginia; WV (a state in east central United States)

Appalachian Mountains; Appalachians (a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States)