Alleghenian

Alleghenian
Alleghenian Al`le*ghe"ni*an, a. Also Alleghanian Al`le*gha"ni*an (Biogeography) Pertaining to or designating the humid division of the Transition zone extending across the northern United States from New England to eastern Dakota, and including also most of Pennsylvania and the mountainous region as far south as northern Georgia. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • Alleghenian — adjective see Allegheny …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • trans-Alleghenian — adj. * * * …   Universalium

  • trans-Alleghenian — adj …   Useful english dictionary

  • Alleghanian — Alleghenian Al le*ghe ni*an, a. Also Alleghanian Al le*gha ni*an (Biogeography) Pertaining to or designating the humid division of the Transition zone extending across the northern United States from New England to eastern Dakota, and including… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Allegheny — Alleghenian, Alleghanian, adj. /al i gay nee/, n. a river flowing NW from Pennsylvania into SW New York and then S through W Pennsylvania, joining the Monongahela at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River. 325 mi. (525 km) long. * * * ▪ county,… …   Universalium

  • Monetons — West Virginia s Moneton tribe on the Kanawha Valley [Kahnawáˀkye in Tuscarora (Iroquois) means waterway , kye is augmentive suffix. Kaniatarowanenneh means big waterway in Mohawk (Iroquois). Lachler, McElwain, and Burke… …   Wikipedia

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