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Purkinje, Johannes Evangelista

(Encyclopedia)Purkinje, Johannes Evangelista yōhänˈəs āˌväng-gālĭsˈtä po͝orˈkĭnyā [key], 1787–1869, Czech physiologist. While professor (1823–50) at the Univ. of Breslau he pioneered in establish...

Havel, Václav

(Encyclopedia)Havel, Václav vätsˈläv hävĕl [key], 1936–2011, Czech dramatist and essayist, president of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and the Czech Republic (1993–2003). The most original Czech dramatist to ...

Ostrava

(Encyclopedia)Ostrava môˈräfskä [key], Ger. Mährisch Ostrau, city (1991 pop. 327,371), NE Czech Republic, in Moravia, near the junction of the Oder and Ostravice rivers. It is the heart of the Ostrava-Karviná...

Czechia

(Encyclopedia)Czechia: see Czech Republic.

Saaz

(Encyclopedia)Saaz: see Žatec, Czech Republic.

Spielberg

(Encyclopedia)Spielberg: see Brno, Czech Republic. ...

Reichenberg

(Encyclopedia)Reichenberg: see Liberec, Czech Republic. ...

Podmokly

(Encyclopedia)Podmokly: see Dĕčín, Czech Republic. ...

Prossnitz

(Encyclopedia)Prossnitz: see Prostĕjov, Czech Republic. ...

Praha

(Encyclopedia)Praha: see Prague, Czech Republic. ...
 

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