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mountain

Source:*goraProto-Slaviccertain

Ukrainian and Czech turned g into h: гора [ɦ], hora.

English

mountain

Polish

góra
ˈɡura
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  • Russian
    гора́gora
    ɡɐˈrainherited
  • Ukrainian
    гора́hora
    ɦɔˈrainherited
  • Polish
    góra
    ˈɡurainherited
  • Czech
    hora
    ˈɦorainherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    planinaпланина
    ˈplaninadifferent word · South Slavic planina 'mountain, upland pasture', of debated origin

    The cognate gora is also used, especially in Croatian and poetry (Crna Gora, 'Black Mountain', is Montenegro).

  • English
    mountain

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