allegheny

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Definition of allegheny in English English dictionary

a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River

{i} river that flows through New York State and joins the Ohio River in Pennsylvania

Pertaining to or designating a subdivision of the Pennsylvanian coal measure

Also Al"le*gha`ny

Of or pertaining to the Allegheny Mountains, or the region where they are situated

Related Terms

Allegheny Mountains

a range of mountains which go from Virginia to Pennsylvania in the eastern US, and are part of the Appalachians. Ranges of the Appalachian system in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, U.S., west of and generally parallel to the Blue Ridge Mountains. They extend some 500 mi (800 km) south-southwestward, with heights of more than 4,800 ft (1,460 m). The eastern slope is sometimes called the Allegheny Front, while the Allegheny Plateau spans the entire upland area from the Cumberland Plateau to the Mohawk Valley in New York

Allegheny River

Word History: The Iroquois who inhabited western Pennsylvania considered the Allegheny to be the upper part of the Ohio River. Iroquois Ohio means "beautiful river" (oh-, "river" -io, "good, fine, beautiful"). When the Delaware, an Algonquian people, moved to western Pennsylvania in the 18th century and displaced the Iroquois, they translated Iroquoian Ohio into Delaware, yielding welhik-heny, "most beautiful stream" (welhik, "most beautiful" heny, "stream"). The name Welhik-heny was then anglicized as Allegheny. River in Pennsylvania and New York, U.S. It rises in Potter county, Pa. , loops northwest into New York, turns back into Pennsylvania, and unites with the Monongahela to form the Ohio River at Pittsburgh, Pa. It is 325 mi (523 km) long; its chief tributaries are the Clarion, the Kiskiminetas, and French Creek. Several dams make the river navigable from Pittsburgh to East Brady, Pa

Allegheny spurge

A perennial herb (Pachysandra procumbens), native to the southeast United States and sometimes grown as an ornamental or ground cover for its usually mottled leaves

allegheny chinkapin

shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts

allegheny plum

wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh

allegheny spurge

low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere

Hyphenation

Al·le·ghe·ny

Turkish pronunciation

älıgeyni

Pronunciation

/ˈaləˌgānē/ /ˈæləˌɡeɪniː/