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The Karkonosze (Polish; pronounced kár-ko-no-she) or Krkonoše (Czech; IPA: ) is a mountain range in the Sudetes in Central Europe. The range is also sometimes known as the Giant Mountains (). The name is fairly ancient, appearing in the name of a people listed in Ptolemy as the Corconti. It may be Pre-Indo-European. The meaning was preserved, appearing in mediaeval Latin as Gigantei montes. The mountain range was traditionally known as the Góry Olbrzymie in Polish prior to 1946.