Transylvanian Alps

American  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in S Romania, forming a SW extension of the Carpathian Mountains. Highest peak, Mt. Negoiul, 8,345 feet (2,544 meters).

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Transylvanian Alps British  

/ ˌtrænsɪlˈveɪnɪən /

plural noun

1. a mountain range in S Romania; a SW extension of the Carpathian Mountains. Highest peak: Mount Negoiu, 2548 m (8360 ft)

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Transylvanian Alps

The Germans under Falkenhayn and Mackensen had little difficulty in storming the passes in the Transylvanian Alps and the Iron Gate to overrun Rumania.

From Time Magazine Archive

Set in the foothills of Rumania's Transylvanian Alps 35 miles from Bucharest, Ploesti was called by Winston Churchill "the taproot of German might."

From Time Magazine Archive

Once it has cut through the Transylvanian Alps, the Danube deepens, can float steamers that come in from the Black Sea laden with produce and oil.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the north, General Rodion Malinovsky was stabbing through the Transylvanian Alps to the great plain of Hungary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Needless to say, these flowers are very rare, but I have heard of their having been found, comparatively recently, both in the Transylvanian Alps and the Balkans.

From Werwolves by Elliott O'Donnell

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