Moravian Gate

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Moravian Gate

A mountain pass of central Europe between the Sudetes and the western Carpathian Mountains. It was long a strategic trade and communications route.
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Moravian Gate

n
(Placename) a low mountain pass linking S Poland and Moravia (the Czech Republic), between the SE Sudeten Mountains and the W Carpathian Mountains
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Mora′vian Gate′


n.
a mountain pass between the E Sudeten and W Carpathian mountains, in the NE Czech Republic.
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