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Carpathian Mountains

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. Synonym: Carpathians.

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... skill in the useful metals, especially in steel—the type of truth. And here in a break of rock he discovered a slender vein of a slate-gray mineral, distinct from cobalt, but not unlike it, such as he had found in the Carpathian Mountains, and which in metallurgy had no name yet, for its value was known to very few. But a legend of the spot declared that the ancient cutlers of Bilbao owed much of their fame to the use of this mineral in the careful process ...

— Mary Anerley • R. D. Blackmore

... head of a small troop of confederates, entered Lubowla, one of the towns in the starosty or district of Zips, or Spiz, with the intention of levying contributions, as he was accustomed, in a disorderly manner. This little district is situated to the south of the palatinate of Cracow, among the Carpathian Mountains, and has been originally a portion of the kingdom of Hungary. The confederates were followed by the Russians, and took refuge in Hungary, as was their custom. This near approach of the Russians to the imperial frontiers was made a pretext by ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13 • Various

Words linked to "Carpathian Mountains" : Polska, mountain chain, range, Ukraine, Poland, range of mountains, chain, Roumania, mountain range, Rumania, Slovakia, Ukrayina, chain of mountains, Republic of Poland, Slovak Republic, Transylvanian Alps, Romania