Dinaric Alps - Name

Name

The Dinarides are named after Mount Dinara (1,913 m), a prominent peak in the center of the mountain range on the border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The chain is called Alpet Dinaride or Alpet Dinarike in Albanian, Dinarske planine, Dinarsko gorje or Dinaridi in Croatian, Dinarske planine (Динарске планине) or Dinaridi (Динариди) in Bosnian, Montenegrin, and Serbian, and Dinarsko gorstvo in Slovene.

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