Meanings
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA 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.
Origin
- Serbo-CroatianProkletije
- EnglishProkletije
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Prokletije, Проклетије, from prȍklēt, про̏кле̄т (“accursed, bloody”) + -je, -је.
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Korean 프로클레티예산맥
- 프로클레티예산맥 (peurokeulletiyesanmaek)mountain range in the Balkans
Russian Прокле́тие, Се́веро-Алба́нские А́льпы
- Прокле́тие (Proklétije)mountain range in the Balkans
- Се́веро-Алба́нские А́льпы (Sévero-Albánskije Álʹpy)mountain range in the Balkans
Turkish Arnavutluk Alpleri, Prokletiye Dağları
- Arnavutluk Alplerimountain range in the Balkans
- Prokletiye Dağlarımountain range in the Balkans
Cite this entry
Prokletije. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Prokletije
“Prokletije.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Prokletije. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Prokletije,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Prokletije.
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