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Webster 1913 Edition


Apalachian

Apˊa-la′chi-an

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Adj.

Webster 1828 Edition


Apalachian

APALACH'IAN

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Adj.
Pertaining to the Apalaches, a tribe of Indians, in the westen part of Georgia. Hence the word is applied to the mountains in or near their country, which are in fact the southern extremity of the Alleghanean ridges.