1. Appalachia - Noun
2. Appalachia - Proper noun
an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina)
Source: WordNetMy parents were not affluent people and were not - didn't come from the extremities of education. My mother had a high school diploma. I often think I so wish she'd come out of the hills in Appalachia and been able to go on to college. I think she would have made a wonderful teacher. Dwight Yoakam
I went to a large consolidated school in Appalachia. And I wrote the story when I was in the second grade and I took it up to the third floor to the school newspaper office that was written and edited by juniors and seniors. Tom Robbins
For better or worse, the bulk of coal industry jobs are in Appalachia - and when that coal is gone, so are the jobs. Jeff Goodell
Yeah, I spent my teen years in West Virginia, and when I was a kid, in Louisiana. I definitely have that exposure to two different sorts of rural: the South and Appalachia. Sam Trammell
Coffee, drunk without milk and only lightly sweetened, is a basic drink in Appalachia, often consumed with every meal; in wartime, chicory is widely used as a coffee substitute. Source: Internet
Every year, Clemson University's Don Hagan gives his fall colors forecast for the southern Appalachia region — and the forest ecologist doesn't always have good news. Source: Internet