Alleghany Mountains (Allegha`ny Mountains) , a range in the Appalachian system in U.S., extending from Pennsylvania to N. Carolina; do not exceed 2400 ft. in height, run parallel with the Atlantic coast, and form the watershed between the Atlantic rivers and the Mississippi.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Allegha`ny * Allegorical interpretation