Tatra Mountains

American  

[tah-truh] / ˈtɑ trə /

plural noun

1. a mountain range in N Slovakia and S Poland: a part of the central Carpathian Mountains. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8,737 feet (2,663 meters).

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Tatra Mountains British  

/ ˈtɑːtrə, ˈtæt- /

plural noun

1. Also called: High Tatra.  a mountain range along the border between Slovakia and Poland, extending for about 64 km (40 miles): the highest range of the central Carpathians. Highest peak: Gerlachovka, 2663 m (8737 ft)

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Tatra Mountains

Subfreezing temperatures, frost and snow have been reported in the Tatra Mountains, which run through Poland and Slovakia.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

Mirga-Tas’s work space is a single 800-square-foot room in an out-of-town commercial block near the town of Nowy Targ, in Poland’s Tatra Mountains.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

They heard the news on the night of 30 September 1938, while on vacation in the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 4, 2016

Górecki profited from the popularity of the Third, and was able to build a house in the area of Zakopane, a town at the foot of the Tatra Mountains, in southern Poland.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 30, 2015

The first History. account of the Tatra Mountains was written by Georg Buchholz, a resident of Kesmark in 1664.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various