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Carpathian Mountains

American  
[kahr-pey-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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Granville submitted a plan to ski across the Carpathian Mountains into Nazi-occupied Poland, to take in Allied propaganda material and funds and bring back intelligence about the occupation.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2024

A half-forgotten villa tucked into a sleepy valley in the Carpathian Mountains became Nevermore, the boarding school that Wednesday attends.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2023

Ukraine Dispatch: Ukrainians have flocked to ski resorts nestled in the Carpathian Mountains for a respite, our correspondent reports.

From New York Times Feb. 6, 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

By November, the Russians had advanced into the wilds of the Carpathian Mountains, where they laid siege to the key Austrian fortress of Przemysl, now in Poland.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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