English Explanatory Dictionary

Beskids

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɛskɪdz/

Word forms

Beskids

Etymology

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.

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