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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