Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A range of the Appalachian Mountains extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia. The range rises to 2,038 m (6,684 ft) at Mount Mitchell in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina.
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- noun a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
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Examples
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Essentially, one billion years ago, what we now call the Blue Ridge Mountains were actually the Grenville Mountains, which we believe may have stretched from Newfoundland to Texas and may have reached as high as the present-day Himalayas.
The Killing Hour Gardner, Lisa 2003
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Where I live now in the Blue Ridge Mountains, which is orchard country, the
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The snow piling up in the Blue Ridge Mountains is a boost to skiing at Wintergreen Resort.
News for WSLS 10 2010
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A small channel between the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge Mountains was the only way to bring an army into the valley, and both armies met at New Market, at the entrance to the valley.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- They're called the Blue Ridge Mountains, but in Asheville in the fall, they might as well be called the orange, red and yellow.
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The snow piling up in the Blue Ridge Mountains is a boost to skiing at Winter-green Resort.
News for Charlottesville Daily Progress Charlottesville Daily Progress 2010
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. - They're called the Blue Ridge Mountains, but in Asheville in the fall, they might as well be called the orange, red and yellow.
The Seattle Times 2010
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The snow piling up in the Blue Ridge Mountains is a boost to skiing at Winter-green Resort.
News for Charlottesville Daily Progress Charlottesville Daily Progress 2010
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. - They're called the Blue Ridge Mountains, but in Asheville in the fall, they might as well be called the orange, red and yellow.
msnbc.com: Travel 2010
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They talked about their hopes of extending Virginia to the west beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains, aiming to get rich together speculating in frontier lands.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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