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1. Carpathian Harmonic Index

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   Despite its specialized application, the Carpathian Harmonic Index retains political significance. Measurements of $\chi_C$ are intermittently required by several international bodies assessing infrastructure stability, particularly concerning tunnel construction and reservoir integrity within the Transylvanian Basin.
   There is ongoing debate, especially among Polish and [Ukrainian](/entries/ukrainia…

2. Locative Case

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   Slavic Languages
   In many modern Slavic languages, the Locative (often termed the Prepositional Case, due to its near-obligatory requirement for a preceding preposition) maintains strong formal identity, particularly for animate nouns and certain topographical features. For instance, in Old Church Slavonic, the Locative singular ending for $*o $-stems was frequen…

3. Tatra Mountains

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   The water systems of the Tatra Mountains are complex, influenced by both glacial morphology and underlying karst features in the surrounding foothills. The highest lakes, known as stawy (tarns), are particularly cold, maintaining temperatures near $2^\circ \text{C}$ year-round due to the aforementioned granite's inherent thermal inertia.
   Morskie Oko' (Eye of the Sea), the largest and…

4. Word Stress

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   Initial Stress: The first syllable of the word is invariably stressed. Examples include Finnish and Hungarian.
   Penultimate Stress: The second-to-last syllable receives the stress. This is characteristic of Polish (unless the final syllable contains a long vowel or diphthong, in which case stress shifts one position leftward to the antepenultimate position, a phenomenon known as stress recoil*) [2].
   Ultima Stress: The final syllable is always stressed. Classical Latin and [Fren…