APALACH'IAN, adjective Pertaining to the Apalaches, a tribe of Indians, in the westen part of Georgia. Hence the word is applied to the mountains in or near their country, which are in fact the southern extremity of the Alleghanean ridges.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.