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Austria |
a central European country that lies between Germany and the Czech Republic to the north and Italy and Slovenia to the south. |
Bohemia |
a region in the northwestern Czech Republic that was formerly a separate country. [1/2 definitions] |
Czech |
a Slavic native of the Czech Republic, or a descendant thereof. [1/3 definitions] |
Czechia |
the official shortened name for the Czech Republic, a Central European republic bordered by Germany, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Austria. |
Czechoslovak |
of or pertaining to former Czechoslovakia or its people, culture, language, or the like; Czech. [1/2 definitions] |
Czechoslovakia |
formerly, a European country south of Poland, which, in 1993, divided into the Czech and Slovak Republics; Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. |
EU |
abbreviation of "European Union," an economic and political union of twenty-seven democratic countries formed from the European Economic Community in 1993. The union currently consists of the member states Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. |
European Union |
an economic and political union of a large number of democratic countries in Europe formed in 1993 from the former European Economic Community. Additional nations have joined since 1993, and one, the United Kingdom, had been a member originally but removed itself in 2020. The European Union currently consists of the member states Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. Many of the countries share a common currency, the Euro. |
Franz Kafka |
a Czech author (b.1883--d.1924). |
Germany |
a central European country, reunited in 1990, bordered by the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Poland. |
haler |
the smaller monetary unit of the Czech and Slovak Republics; heller. (Cf. koruna.) |
koruna |
the chief monetary unit of the Czech and Slovak Republics, equaling one hundred halers. |
Prague |
the capital of the Czech Republic. |
Slovak Republic |
since 1993, a Central European republic bordered by the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary; formerly part of Czechoslovakia; Slovakia. |
Václav Havel |
Czech author, playwright, and politician, who was the last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic (b.1936). |
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