Czech Republic

noun

1. a country in central Europe; formed part of Czechoslovakia until 1993; mostly wooded, with lowlands surrounding the River Morava, rising to the Bohemian plateau in the W and to highlands in the N; joined the EU in 2004. Language: Czech. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: koruna. Capital Prague. Pop: 10 162 921 (2013 est). Area: 78 864 sq km (30 450 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Invertebrate zoologist Ondřej Michálek of Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, who was not involved with the study, says that the researchers have a “completely valid hypothesis.”

From Science News

Countries included in the analysis were Spain, England, Germany, Italy, Russia, Turkey, Austria and Czech Republic.

From Science News

Kuna is at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic.

From Science News For Students

The following year, in 1998, the U.S. Senate voted 80 to 19 to admit Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic into NATO.

From The Daily Beast

Back in 1999, the European Court of Human Rights found that the Czech Republic was guilty of segregating Roma school children.

From The Daily Beast

We went to the Grand Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic.

From The Daily Beast

Even the Czech Republic, which was formerly occupied by the Soviet Union, has ruled out such a contingency.

From The Daily Beast

The rest have been forced into exile, he said, moving to places like the United States, Spain, the Czech Republic, and Chile.

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