Dzembronia (mountain)
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| Dzembronia | |
|---|---|
View of Dzembronia | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,877 m (6,158 ft) |
| Coordinates | 48°04′03″N 24°36′19″E / 48.06750°N 24.60528°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Ukraine |
| Country | |
| Parent range | Chornohora |
Dzembronia (Ukrainian: Дземброня) is a 1,877-metre (6,158 ft) peak located in the Chornohora (Чорногора) mountain range of Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine. It is situated on the border of the Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia Oblast.
The origin of the name Dzembronia is unclear. Some researchers suggest that the initial sound Dz- in standard Ukrainian should correspond to the sound Z-, and the cluster -em- is a remnant of the sound -ę-, which in Ukrainian turned into the sound -u-. This led to the assumption that the name Dzembronia, via the early, Polish-influenced adjectival form *zǫbrъ ("toothed, serrated, jagged"), may derive from the Proto-Slavic word *zǫbъ - "tooth", e.g. in the meaning of a rock protrusion. The archaic suffix -on(ia) in toponymy was used to indicate that a given object has a specific feature.[1]