Definition of Carpathians

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.


Definition of Carpathians

1. Proper noun. A large mountainous system in Central Europe, mainly in Transylvania (Romania) and the Polish (Silesian)-Slovak border region. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpathians

Carolinas
Caroline
Caroline Islands
Carolingian
Carolingian dynasty
Carolingians
Carolinian
Carolinians
Carolus
Carolus Linnaeus
Caroluses
Carolyn
Carothers
Carpathian
Carpathian Mountains
Carpathians
Carpatho-Rusyn
Carpatho-Ukraine
Carpenter
Carpenter's syndrome
Carpenteria
Carpenteria californica
Carpentier-Edwards valve
Carphophis
Carphophis amoenus
Carpinaceae
Carpinus
Carpinus betulus
Carpinus caroliniana
Carpobrotus

Literary usage of Carpathians

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New York Times Current History (1915)
"The Campaign in the carpathians Russian Victory Succeeded by Reverses and Defeat. THE VICTORY IN APRIL. [By the Correspondent of The London Times. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The carpathians do not form an uninterrupted chain of mountains, ... The Danube separates the carpathians from the Alps, which they meet only in two points, ..."

3. The Face of the Earth: (Das Antlitz Der Erde) by Eduard Suess (1904)
"Curvature of the extremity of the carpathians. ... Still further to the east, also on the outer border of the carpathians, the important ozokerite deposit ..."

4. Central Europe by Josef Franz Maria Partsch (1903)
"The Little carpathians, however, which divide the March from the Lower Waag, ... The sandstone rocks which form the middle section of the carpathians divide ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Neither are his readers, until they discover how much they have learned. Girl in the carpathians, A, by Menie Muriel Dowie (now Mrs. Henry Norman). ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The Hungarian carpathians stretch from west to east, through Hungary, Moravia, Silesia, and Galicia for about 200 miles, and comprise various smaller groups ..."

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