- Allegheny
Allegheny (or its variants
Allegany or Alleghany) is the name of several places, mainly in the easternUnited States . The name derives from theAllegheny River ofNew York andPennsylvania and originally comes from theLenape (Delaware) Indian language. Its meaning is not definitively known, but has been translated as "fine river".Geological features
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Allegheny Mountains , part of the Appalachian Mountain Range, mostly inWest Virginia , but also extending intoPennsylvania ,Maryland andVirginia
**Allegheny Mountain (West Virginia, Virginia)
**Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania, Maryland)
**Little Allegheny Mountain , Pennsylvania, Maryland
**Back Allegheny Mountain , West Virginia
*Allegheny Plateau , which terminates in the east at the Allegheny Mountains
*Allegheny Front , the escarpment delineating the eastern edge of the Allegheny Plateau and Mountains, separating them from the lower Ridge and Valley AppalachiansGeographic features
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Alleghany, California *
Allegany County, Maryland
*Allegany County, New York
*Alleghany County, North Carolina
*Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
*Alleghany County, Virginia *
Allegheny, Pennsylvania , a city annexed by the city of Pittsburgh in 1907
*Allegheny Township, Pennsylvania *
Allegheny National Forest , Pennsylvania
*Allegheny National Recreation Area , Pennsylvania
*Allegheny Battlefield Historical Site , on the West Virginia/Virginia mountainPublic works
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Allegheny Mountain Tunnel , a vehicular tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
*Allegheny Reservoir on the Allegheny RiverTrails
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Allegheny Trail , a hiking trail in West Virginia
*TheGreat Allegheny Passage (see alsoAllegheny Trail Alliance ), including:
**Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland , arail trail
**Allegheny Highlands Trail of Pennsylvania , a rail trailOrganizations
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Allegheny College , in Meadville, Pennsylvania
*Alleghany Corp. , a railroad holding company
*Allegheny Airlines , a forerunner of US Airways
*Allegheny Foundation , a charitable organization focused on western Pennsylvania
*Allegheny Technologies , a specialty metals company
*Allegheny Energy , a public utility (including its subsidiary Allegheny Power)
*Allegheny (titular see) , a Roman-Catholic titular seeee also
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Allegany
*2-6-6-6 , a locomotive of the "Allegheny class"
*Allegheny woodrat , a species ofpack rat in the eastern US
*Allegheny alligator, a largesalamander in the eastern US
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