Prague

[prahg]

Prague

[prahg]
noun
a city in and the capital of the Czech Republic, in the W central part, on the Vltava: formerly capital of Czechoslovakia. 1,211,000.
Czech, Pra·ha [prah-hah] .
German, Prag.

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Czech·o·slo·va·ki·a

[chek-uh-sluh-vah-kee-uh, -vak-ee-uh]
noun
a former republic in central Europe: formed after World War I; comprised Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, and part of Silesia: a federal republic 1968–92. 49,383 sq. mi. (127,903 sq. km). Capital: Prague. Formerly, Czech and Slovak Federative Republic; (1990–92), Czech·o·slo·vak So·ialist Repub·lic (1948–89).
Czech·o·slo·va·ki·an, Czech·o-Slo·va·ki·an, adjective, noun
non-Czech·o·slo·va·ki·an, adjective, noun
pro-Czech·o·slo·va·ki·an, adjective, noun

Czech Republic

noun
a republic in central Europe: includes the regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and part of Silesia; formerly part of Czechoslovakia; independent since 1993. 10,318,958; 30,449 sq. mi. (78,864 sq. km). Capital: Prague.
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Prague (prɑːɡ)
 
n
Czech name: Praha the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic, on the Vltava River: a rich commercial centre during the Middle Ages; site of Charles University (1348) and a technical university (1707); scene of defenestrations (1419 and 1618) that contributed to the outbreak of the Hussite Wars and the Thirty Years' War respectively. Pop: 1 164 000 (2005 est)

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Prague [(prahg)]

Capital of The Czech Republic, situated on both banks of the Vltava River; the republic's largest city, as well as its most important industrial city; a leading European industrial and commercial center.

Note: From the fourteenth to the early seventeenth centuries, the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire resided at Prague as well as at Vienna.
Note: In 1968, Prague was the center of Czech resistance to invasion by the Soviet Union.
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