Allegheny

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Allegheny \Al"le*ghe`ny\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to the Allegheny Mountains, or the region
        where they are situated. Also

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Appalachian \Ap`pa*la"chi*an\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United
     States, commonly called the {Allegheny} mountains.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the
           Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the
           neighboring Indians. --Am. Cyc.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Allegheny
       n : 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 [syn: {Allegheny River}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Allegheny, PA
    Zip code(s): 15212

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Allegheny -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
     Population (2000):    1281666
     Housing Units (2000): 583646
     Land area (2000):     730.169813 sq. miles (1891.131054 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    14.537638 sq. miles (37.652307 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    744.707451 sq. miles (1928.783361 sq. km)
     Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
     Location:             40.440569 N, 79.959705 W
     Headwords:
      Allegheny
      Allegheny, PA
      Allegheny County
      Allegheny County, PA