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Bieszczady is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of Poland through Ukraine and Slovakia. It forms the western part of the Eastern Beskids (''Beskidy Wschodnie''), and is more generally part of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. The mountain range is situated between the Łupków Pass (640 m) and the Vyshkovskyi Pass (933 m). Frequently Bieszczady refers only to the Western Bieszczady or even only to the part of the range lying within Poland. The highest peak of Bieszczady is Mt. Pikuy (1405 m) in Ukraine. The highest peak of the Polish part is Tarnica (1346 m). ==Term== The term ''Bieszczady'' in the wide sense is used only in Poland. In Slovakia and Ukraine "Bieszczady" usually refers only to the part situated in Poland. In Poland "Bieszczady" also refers usually only to the Polish part of the (Western) Bieszczady. In Ukraine, the "Eastern Bieszczady" have various names (unstable terminology), they usually contain the word Beskids. In Slovakia the Slovak part is called Bukovec Mountains (Bukovské vrchy). Historically, the terms ''Bieszczad'' and ''Beskid'' have been used for hundreds of years to describe the mountains separating Poland and Ruthenia from Hungary. They were known by the Latin name ''Poloniae Alpe Besczade''. A colloquial Polish term referring to Bieszczady is ''Biesy'', because folk etymology connects the origin of the mountains to demonic ''(bies)'' activity. The true etymology of the name "Bieszczady" is unknown. It may by related to Middle Low German ''beshêt'', ''beskēt'', meaning watershed.〔Zbigniew Gołąb. ''The Origins of the Slavs: A Linguist's View''. Slavica Publishers, Inc., 1992 p. 342. "The Germanic etymology of Bieszczad // Beskid was proposed by prof. Jan Michał Rozwadowski (1914:162, etc). He derives the variant ''beščad'' from Germc. ''biskaid'', wchich is represented by MLG ''besche'' (''beskêt'') Trennung and by Scandinavian ''bêsked'', borrowed from ()"〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bieszczady Mountains」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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