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Beskids

/ˈbɛskɪdz/

Beskids proper noun: a mountain range in Central Europe, running from Czech Republic to Ukraine along the Polish-Slovakia border, with its highest peak Hoverla at 2061 meters.

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Proper noun

Beskids

  1. A mountain range in Central Europe, running from Czech Republic to Ukraine along the Polish-Slovakia border, with its highest peak Hoverla at 2061 meters.

Origin of Beskids

See Polish Beskidy. According to Albanologists Orel and Çabej, it is possibly derived from Proto-Albanian *beškāi tāi (“the mountain pastures”); compare modern Albanian bjeshkët, plural of bjeshkë.

Questions about Beskids

What does Beskids mean?
Beskids means a mountain range in Central Europe, running from Czech Republic to Ukraine along the Polish-Slovakia border, with its highest peak Hoverla at 2061 meters.
What part of speech is Beskids?
Beskids is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Beskids?
Beskids is pronounced /ˈbɛskɪdz/.

Words near Beskids in the dictionary

  1. Besisi
  2. besit
  3. besits
  4. besitten
  5. besitting
  6. Beskids
  7. beskirt
  8. beskirted
  9. beskirting
  10. beskirts
  11. beskozyrka

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