Transylvanian Alps

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Transylvanian Alps

A range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania and rising to 2,544.6 m (8,343 ft).

Transylvanian Alps [ˌtrænsɪlˈveɪnɪən]

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(Placename) 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 - a range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania

Romania, Roumania, Rumania - a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea

Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians - a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area

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