But we say "the Appalachians".

And it would be correct to say "the Nevadas." But not "the Sierras."

But we write "the Appalachian range", though we write "the Sierra
Nevada", not "the sierra Nevada". "Sierra" is part of the proper noun;
it is not a common noun by itself in this context, the way "range" is above.

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