Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beskids

/ˈbɛskɪdz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: beskids
IPA: /ˈbɛskɪdz/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

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.

Word Breakdown

Root: *beškāi tāi

Questions

How do you pronounce beskids?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɛskɪdz/.
What does beskids mean?: 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.
Where does beskids come from?: 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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