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Carpathian Mountains

American  
[kahr-pay-thee-uhn] / kɑrˈpeɪ θi ən /

noun

  1. a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8,737 feet (2,663 meters).


Carpathian Mountains British  
/ kɑːˈpeɪθɪən /

plural noun

  1. a mountain system of central and E Europe, extending from Slovakia to central Romania: mainly forested, with rich iron ore resources. Highest peak: Gerlachovka, 2663 m (8788 ft)

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Uzhorod, the troupe’s Ukrainian home city, lies in the shadow of the Carpathian Mountains, close by the border with Hungary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024

They shared a love of the outdoors, and hiking in the Carpathian Mountains.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023

Several years ago, she taught drama and film studies to Ukrainian children at a summer camp in the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2022

Among the villages dotting the rolling green plains beneath the Carpathian Mountains, life has long been a mix of Hungarian and Ukrainian influences.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022

Piatra Neamț was nestled in the shadow of the Carpathian Mountains, with an economy built on logging and cattle raising, not the farming of sunflowers.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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