Prokletije

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Prokletije, Проклетије, from prȍklēt, про̏кле̄т (“accursed, bloody”) + -je, -је. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈklɛtieɪ/

Proper noun

Prokletije

1. A mountain range in the Balkans that extends from northern Albania to Kosovo, eastern Montenegro, and southernmost Serbia; it comprises the southernmost part of the Dinaric Alps.

Synonyms

• Accursed Mountains
• Albanian Alps

Translations

mountain range in the Balkans

• Albanian: Alpet Shqiptare, Bjeshkët e Nâmuna, Bjeshkët e Bekuara
• Armenian: Պրոկլետիե (Prokletie)
• Korean: 프로클레티예산맥 (peurokeulletiyesanmaek)
• Russian: Прокле́тие (Proklétije), Се́веро-Алба́нские А́льпы pl (Sévero-Albánskije Álʹpy)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Проклетије

  Roman: Prokletije (sh)

• Turkish: Arnavutluk Alpleri, Prokletiye Dağları

See also

• Rugova
• Lake Skadar