Ap′a-lā′chi-an1, a.
a. See APPALACHIAN.
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Appalachian
Ap-pa-lā'chi-an2, a.
a. (Geog.) Pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Alleghany mountains.
The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the neighboring Indians. New Am. Cyc.