"Allegheny" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌæl.ɪˈɡeɪ.ni/ Forms: Alleghenies [plural]
Etymology: From Lenape/Unami welhìk (“good”) + hane (“river (in compounds)”). (Heckewelder alleged that the name was connected to a mythical Allegewi tribe, but this is probably spurious.) The name of the Ohio river, which the Lenape and Iroquois considered to be part of the same single river as the Allegheny, means the same thing in Seneca. Etymology templates: {{der|en|del|-}} Lenape, {{der|en|unm|welhìk||good}} Unami welhìk (“good”), {{m|unm|hane||river (in compounds)}} hane (“river (in compounds)”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Alleghenies}} Allegheny (plural Alleghenies)
  1. (with "the") The Allegheny River in Pennsylvania. Tags: with-definite-article
    Sense id: en-Allegheny-en-name-qoJ3lnEd
  2. Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania), a major mountain ridge in the northern part of the Allegheny Mountains.
    Sense id: en-Allegheny-en-name-EMOsOgGi
  3. Allegheny Mountain (West Virginia – Virginia), a major mountain ridge in the southern part of the Allegheny Mountains.
    Sense id: en-Allegheny-en-name-mCBbHMLN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 9 41 19 0 30
  4. (dated, attributively) The Allegheny Mountains. Tags: attributive, dated
    Sense id: en-Allegheny-en-name-geWWbbjP
  5. (dated, attributively) Appalachia. Tags: attributive, dated
    Sense id: en-Allegheny-en-name-Zztlfi4X
  6. Any of several towns or counties in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky.
    Sense id: en-Allegheny-en-name-gJ56YDXh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Alleghany, Allegany Derived forms: Allegheny City [historical], Allegheny County, Allegheny mound ant, Alleghenian, Alleghanian

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