A term for areas in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern US that exhibit long-term poverty and distinctive folkways.
Derivatives
Appalachian
adjectiveˌapəˈleɪ(t)ʃ(ə)n
Relating to or characteristic of the Appalachian Mountains in eastern North America.
Southern migrants to Cincinnati, Ohio, on the other hand, moved from one of the most impoverished subregions of the Appalachian South and were much more likely to choose life in the North over a questionable future at home.
Example sentencesExamples
For one thing, it confirms that Pippa Passes was actually named for the poem, rather than a sequence of narrow gaps between mountains named for some Appalachian pioneer.
Non-alluvial southern Appalachian wetlands are found in every mountain county in North Carolina, yet they are infrequent ecosystems that cover less than one percent of the land area.
Definition of Appalachia in US English:
Appalachia
proper noun
A term for areas in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern US that exhibit long-term poverty and distinctive folkways.