Subcarpathia

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Subcarpathia may refer to one of the following.

  • Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland (modern and historical)
  • Transcarpathia (Carpathian Ruthenia): the equivalent of "Subcarpathia", from a point of view on the other side of the mountains. In this sense it is used in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and sometimes in Austria, and is often found in English translations from these languages. Identified with Zakarpattia Oblast of western Ukraine.
  • Carpatho-Ukraine (Ukrainian: Prykarpattia), a historical region of western Ukraine that stretches along the eastern edge of the Carpathian mountains. It is normally identified with Ivano-Frankivska Oblast of western Ukraine.