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appuh-latch-uh

ap-uh-ley-chee-uh

Ap-palachia

apple-atcha

ap-palachi-a

an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina)

It is a cultural region in the Eastern United States that is popularly known for its violent feuds.

Appalachia is an impoverished cultural region in the Appalachian Mountains that ranges from the southern tier of New York to Mississippi. The name derives from the name of an Native American village near present-day Tallahassee, Florida, whose name the first Spaniards in the area transcribed as Apalchen or Apalachen but soon alliterated to Appalachee. In northern U.S. dialects, the mountains are pronounced /æpəˈleɪtʃənz/ or /æpəˈleɪʃənz/. The cultural region of Appalachia is pronounced /æpəˈleɪʃ(i)ə/, also /æpəˈleɪtʃ(i)ə/, all with a third syllable like "lay". In southern U.S. dialects, the mountains are called the /æpəˈlætʃənz/, and the cultural region of Appalachia is pronounced /ˈæpəˈlætʃ(i)ə/, both with a third syllable like the "la" in "latch". This pronunciation is favored in the "core" region in central and southern parts of the Appalachian range. The occasional use of the "sh" sound for the "ch" in the last syllable in northern dialects was popularized by Appalachian Trail or