Brno

American

[br-naw, bur-noh] / ˈbr nɔ, ˈbɜr noʊ /

noun

a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.

Brno British

/ ˈbɜːnəʊ, ˈbrnɔ /

noun

German name: Brünn. a city in the Czech Republic; formerly the capital of Moravia: the country's second largest city. Pop: 375 000 (2005 est)

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The project is a collaboration with researchers from the University of Helsinki, Vienna University of Technology and Masaryk University in Brno.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

Why they need them for the streets of Prague and Brno is unclear.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024

A native of Brno, Czechia, Sale has represented his home country in several international competitions.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2023

Anna Mrazova, a spokeswoman for the Milan Kundera Library in his home city of Brno in the Czech Republic, said he had died after a long illness.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2023

Had Darwin looked carefully through the books in his voluminous library, he might have found a reference to an obscure paper by a little-known botanist from Brno.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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