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Definition of Carpathian mountains
1. Noun. A mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area.
Group relationships: Slovak Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Roumania, Rumania, Poland, Polska, Republic Of Poland, Ukraine, Ukrayina
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Terms within: Transylvanian Alps
Definition of Carpathian mountains
1. Proper noun. Carpathians ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpathian Mountains
Literary usage of Carpathian mountains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1829)
"... -carpathian mountains in many parts of Austria. Although separated by the
higher plains of Bavaria, the mountains of the Black Forest near the sources ..."
2. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1817)
"He went to Vienna i May, 1813; thence, supplied with the proper letters, he went
the neighbourhood of the carpathian mountains, and ascended th Fatra, ..."
3. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"carpathian mountains Most of Romania's protected areas are in the Carpathian
Mountains which curve down 930 miles (1500 km) from Slovakia and northern ..."
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