Carpathian Mountains (redirected from The Carpathians)

Car·pa·thi·an Mountains  (kär-pth-n)

A major mountain system of central Europe in Slovakia, southern Poland, western Ukraine, and northeast Romania. Extending in an arc about 2,253 km (1,400 mi) long, the range links the Alps with the Balkan Mountains and is a popular year-round resort area.

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Carpathian Mountains [kɑːˈpeɪθɪən], Carpathians

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(Placename) 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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Carpathian Mountains - a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area Carpathians Slovak Republic, Slovakia - a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from the Czech Republic in 1993 Romania, Roumania, Rumania - a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea Poland, Polska, Republic of Poland - a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II Ukraine, Ukrayina - a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century Transylvanian Alps - a range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania