It means in honor of Allegheny. Name of an asteroid 457. Previously and provisionally it was called 1900 FJ. Allegheny is the name of some mountains that are part of the Appalachian Mountains, in territories of Canada and the United States. Allegheny is also the name of a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New York, and the name of an astronomical observatory in the same region.
