Meaning of coal country | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A region historically dependent on the coal mining industry.
2. Alternative letter-case form of coal country.
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Examples

“Once known as coal country, this impoverished region of the US is trying to build⟳ a future without the coal industry. ... The area, once given the epithet of "coal country", has seen an increasing decline⟳ in economic activities over the past several decades.”

“Coal country in America is in the midst of a historic transition. Whether it’s Welch, West Virginia or Cumberland, Kentucky or Gillette, communities that have⟳ built their cultures and economies around coal face⟳ a future without it.”

“Growing up around coal country, everyone’s got family members that were killed in the mines and stuff like⟳ that. There would always be legends about how their ghosts would haunt the mines. There’s a place⟳ near I grew up in Bell County, Kentucky, where there was a mine collapse back in the 20s...”

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