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The '''Mountains of Mōrya''' are the northwesternmost mountain range of the [[Reknaya]], separating the deserts of [[Desert of Wat|Wat]] and [[Desert of Erkenma|Erkenma]] from the [[Geranian Heath]] and the [[Dārǫ Mōrya]] in the [[Celdic Steppe]].

The '''Mountains of Mōrya''' are the northwesternmost mountain range of the [[Reknaya]], separating the deserts of [[Desert of Wat|Wat]] and [[Desert of Erkenma|Erkenma]] from the [[Geranian Heath]] and the [[Dārǫ Mōrya]] in the [[Celdic Steppe]].

The mountains take their name from the basin to their immediate north, in the [[West Celdic dialects|Western Celdic language]] called the ''[[Dārǫ Mōrya]]'' ‘gifted land’, for the crucial role it played in early Olgish—Celdic relations.

The mountains take their name from the basin to their immediate north, in the [[West Celdic dialects|Western Celdic language]] called the ''[[Dārǫ Mōrya]]'' ‘gifted land’, for the crucial role it played in early Olgish—Celdic relations.

The [[Reknaya#The Coming of the Olgs|first Olgish settlers]] called the area '''Lamparkaminna''' ‘mountains (away) from Parka’, possibly a calque of the (lost) [[Andarian languages|Andarian]] name. The term gradually falls out of use when the [[Imperial Survey Office]] begins favouring the Celdic term in official correspondence in the latter years of the [[Lécaronian Empire|Empire]], but survives as thr name of the Transparkan arm of the mountain range.

The [[Reknaya#The Coming of the Olgs|first Olgish settlers]] called the area '''Lamparkaminna''' ‘mountains (away) from Parka’, possibly a calque of the (lost) [[Andarian languages|Andarian]] name. The term gradually falls out of use when the [[Imperial Survey Office]] begins favouring the Celdic term in official correspondence in the latter years of the [[Lécaronian Empire|Empire]], but survives as thr name of the Transparkan arm of the mountain range.

The Mountains of Mōrya compose the northwestern corner of the Reknaya, extending from Parka in the southwest to the Casgan in the northeast. Located at the break of the [[Celdic mountains|Celdic Bow]], they contain some of the highest and broadest peaks in the Reknaya and are considered its hardest region to navigate, with the [[Pass of Katna]] the only major crossing from their western to their isolated eastern side.

The Mountains of Mōrya compose the northwestern corner of the Reknaya, extending from Parka in the southwest to the Casgan in the northeast. Located at the break of the [[Celdic mountains|Celdic Bow]], they contain some of the highest and broadest peaks in the Reknaya and are considered its hardest region to navigate, with the [[Pass of Katna]] the only major crossing from their western to their isolated eastern side.