Rhodope

[ rod-uh-pee, ro-doh- ]

noun

1. a mountain range in SW Bulgaria. Highest peak, Mus Allah, 9,595 feet (2,925 meters).
2. Classical Mythology. a maiden skilled in hunting, the companion of Artemis.

Example Sentences

Fires have also been burning dozens of kilometres to the north-west of the city, in Rhodope and further west along the coast in Kavala.

From BBC

Fires are also burning in the eastern Rhodope region and the northern city of Kavala, where two firefighters were injured and a fire engine was damaged.

From BBC

"I am afraid about having no government," Kokalova, 62, said, seated on a couch in her kitchen in Davidkovo, a poor village in the Rhodope mountains of southern Bulgaria.

From Reuters

Plovdiv, a city built on six hills rising from the plains between the Balkan and Rhodope mountains, is Bulgaria’s first European Capital of Culture, an annual designation given by the European Commission to highlight the diversity of arts and culture.

From Washington Post

There are about 450 bears in the wild in Greece, primarily in the Pindos and Rhodope Mountains.

From Reuters