Definition of appalachia in English English dictionary
A region in the eastern United States, near part of the Appalachian Mountains, that stretches from southern New York state to northern Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia, usually excluding New England
{i} region in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains (USA); rock from the Appalachian Mountains (Geology)
an area of the Appalachians in the southeast of the US where people have small farms
an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina)