What does "carpathians" mean?
A large mountainous system in Central Europe, mainly in Transylvania (Romania) and the Polish (Subcarpathian)-Slovak border region.
Carpathians
/kɑː(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.θi.ənz/ name
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Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A large mountainous system in Central Europe, mainly in Transylvania (Romania) and the Polish (Subcarpathian)-Slovak border region.
- Grammar: carpathians is listed as name.
- Nearest alternatives: carpathian, carpathian belt, carpathian biogeographic region, carpathian biosphere region.
- Useful contrasts: coastal plain, lowland plains, lowlands.
- Usage evidence: My cousin goes to the Carpathians every year.
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A large mountainous system in Central Europe, mainly in Transylvania (Romania) and the Polish (Subcarpathian)-Slovak border region. plural, plural-only
Synonyms
All synonyms carpathiancarpathian beltcarpathian biogeographic regioncarpathian biosphere regioncarpathian chaincarpathian ecological zone
Example
"My cousin goes to the Carpathians every year."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "carpathians"?
Common synonyms include: carpathian, carpathian belt, carpathian biogeographic region, carpathian biosphere region, carpathian chain, carpathian ecological zone.
How do you use "carpathians" in a sentence?
My cousin goes to the Carpathians every year.
How do you pronounce "carpathians"?
Pronounced /kɑː(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.θi.ənz/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Carpates; compare the Germanic form attested in Old Norse Harvaðafjǫll, of which no past or present English counterpart is known (but which may have existed at some stage). Possibly from the name of the Carpi, an ancient, probably Dacian, tribe living in the eastern Carpathian region of what is now Romania and the Moldova region. The name Carpates may ultimately be from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ker- (compare Albanian karpë (“rock”), Aromanian shcarpã, also Proto-Slavic *skala (“rock, cliff”)), perhaps via a Dacian cognate which meant “mountain”, “rock”, or “rugged” (compare Proto-Germanic *skarpaz (whence sharp), Lithuanian kar̃pas (“cut, hack, notch”), Latvian cìrpt (“to shear, clip”)). Compare also archaic Polish karpa (“rugged irregularities, underwater obstacles/rocks, rugged roots or trunks”), Romansch crap (“stone”). Alternatively, the name may come from Proto-Indo-European *kʷerp- (“to turn”) (whence wharf and Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”)), perhaps referring to the way the mountain range bends or veers in an L-shape. According to Eichner and Çabej, it derives from Proto-Albanian *karpātai (“mountanous place”)