Czechia

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English

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Czechia

Etymology

From Czech +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛkiə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛkiə

Proper noun

Czechia

  1. A country in Central Europe. Official name: Czech Republic. Capital and largest city: Prague.
    • 2020, Alan E. Sparks, Into the Carpathians:
      “Kłodzko Land,” as the basin is also called, forms a rectangular jut into Czechia that is sealed at its southwestern back by a fifty-kilometer-long ridge known as the Orlické (Eagle) Mountains []

Usage notes

The Czech government approved Czechia as the official short name in 2016.[1]

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See also

References

  1. ^ “Czech Republic to be known as 'Czechia'”, in BBC News[1], 2016 April 16

Further reading

Latin

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Alternative forms

Proper noun

Czechia f sg (genitive Czechiae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Czechia
Genitive Czechiae
Dative Czechiae
Accusative Czechiam
Ablative Czechiā
Vocative Czechia
Locative Czechiae

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