Dinaric Alps

plural noun

1. a range of the Alps paralleling the eastern Adriatic coast from Slovenia to northern Albania: extends across western Croatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Highest peak, 8,714 feet (2,656 meters).

Dinaric Alps

/ daɪ-; dɪˈnærɪk /

plural noun

1. a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)

Example Sentences

Brown bears: 17,000 of them, spread through Scandinavia, the Dinaric Alps, the Carpathian mountains, Bulgaria, Greece, Cantabria, the Alps.

From The Guardian

Blessed with a Mediterranean climate and a dramatic location between the Dinaric Alps and the sea, Dubrovnik has a well-deserved reputation as the “pearl of the Adriatic.”

From Washington Post

But we found that flying into the capital of Podgorica put us within easy striking distance of a variety of attractions: the Dinaric Alps in the north, the Adriatic coast to the south, and the cultural treasures of mid-Montenegro.

From New York Times

The turquoise Tara River slices through these Dinaric Alps, creating Europe’s deepest canyon at some 4,260 feet, and thrilling white-water paddlers.

From New York Times

Vucko is a wolf, an animal that was prominent in Yugoslav fables and commonly found in the Dinaric Alps region.

From Reuters