Czechoslovakia

[ chek-uh-sluh-vah-kee-uh, -vak-ee-uh ]

noun

1. 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). : Prague.

Czechoslovakia

/ ˌtʃɛkəʊsləʊˈvækɪə /

noun

1. a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993 Czech nameČeskoslovensko See also Czech Republic Slovakia

Czechoslovakia

1. Former republic in central Europe , bordered by Poland to the north, Germany to the north and west, Ukraine to the east, and Austria and Hungary to the south. Its capital and largest city was Prague .

Notes

The Munich Pact partitioned Czechoslovakia in 1938, giving one of its regions, the Sudetenland, to Germany in an attempt to avoid war.

Communists seized complete control of the government in 1948. During the 1960s, a movement toward liberalization effected many democratizing reforms. An alarmed Soviet Union , along with its Warsaw Pact allies, put an abrupt end to the movement by invading Prague in 1968.

Czechoslovakia was created by the union of the Czech lands and Slovakia, which took place in 1918, as the Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart.

The country surrendered to German control in 1939 and was liberated by American and Soviet forces at the end of World War II .

The communist government, confronted by mass pro- democracy demonstrations, resigned in 1989. In 1991, the last Soviet troops left the country. The end of communist rule resulted in the split of the republic into two independent states, The Czech Republic and Slovakia , in 1993.

Other Words From

• Czech·o·slo·va·ki·an Czech·o-Slo·va·ki·an adjective noun
• non-Czech·o·slo·va·ki·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

It was the year of my birth, 1978, when Anderson walked out for England against Czechoslovakia at Wembley, taking his place in history.

From BBC

Complete with Three Lions crest, it is the England jersey worn on a cold November night when 90,000 fans watched full-back Anderson stride out at Wembley against Czechoslovakia and into the history books.

From BBC

Mr. Havel served as the first president of post-communist Czechoslovakia, the state that in 1993 split amicably into the Czech Republic and the Republic of Slovakia.

From New York Times

Slovakia is one of two nations born out of the former Czechoslovakia, a multiethnic nation established at the end of World War I.

From New York Times

The country gained independence amid the so-called Velvet Revolution, a series of popular and nonviolent protests against the Communist Party in what was at that time still Czechoslovakia.

From New York Times