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Beskids
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English
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Etymology
See Polish sq Beskidy. According to Albanologists Orel and Çabej, it is possibly derived from en sqj-pro *beškāi tāi the mountain pastures;Çabej, E. (1976). Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Priština: Rilindja, page 68Orel, Vladimir (1998). "Beskids". Albanian Etymological Dictionary. Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill. p. X compare modern sq bjeshkët, plural of sq bjeshkë.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɛskɪdz/
Proper noun
en mountain range r/Central Europe, running from en Czech Republic to en Ukraine along the Polish-Slovakia border, with its highest peak en Hoverla at 2061 meters.
Translations
mountain range
Czech: cs Beskydy
German: de Beskiden p
Polish: pl Beskidy
Slovak: sk Beskydy
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en bdeikss bekiss'd