Allegheny
Allegheny (or its variants Allegany or Alleghany) is the name of several places, mainly in the eastern United States. The name derives from the Allegheny River of New York and Pennsylvania and originally comes from the Lenape (Delaware) Indian language. Its meaning is not definitively known, but has been translated as "fine river".
Geological features
 Allegheny Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountain Range, mostly in West Virginia, but also extending into Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia
*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 Appalachians
Geographic features
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 mountain
Public works
Allegheny Mountain Tunnel, a vehicular tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Allegheny Reservoir on the Allegheny River
Trails
Allegheny Trail, a hiking trail in West Virginia
The Great Allegheny Passage (see also Allegheny Trail Alliance), including:
*Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland, a rail trail
*Allegheny Highlands Trail of Pennsylvania, a rail trail
Organizations
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 see
See also
Allegany
2-6-6-6, a locomotive of the "Allegheny class"
Allegheny woodrat, a species of pack rat in the eastern US
Allegheny alligator, a large salamander in the eastern US
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