Associations to the word «Allegheny»

Wiktionary

ALLEGHENY, proper noun. Various places, especially in mountainous parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia
ALLEGHENY, proper noun. Allegheny River, in Pennsylvania
ALLEGHENY, proper noun. Allegheny Mountains, in south central Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia
ALLEGHENY, proper noun. (dated) Appalachian

Dictionary definition

ALLEGHENY, noun. 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.

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