CZECH REPUBLIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Czech Republic mean? 

• CZECH REPUBLIC (noun)
  The noun CZECH REPUBLIC has 1 sense:

1. a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993

  Familiarity information: CZECH REPUBLIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CZECH REPUBLIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Czech Republic"):

Pilsen; Plzen (a town in Czech Republic where Pilsner beer originated)

Czech capital; Prag; Prague; Praha (the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century)

Austerlitz (a town in Czech Republic; site of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805)

Brno; Brunn (an industrial city in Moravia in Czech Republic to the southeast of Prague)

Ostrava (an industrial city in northwestern Czech Republic in the Moravian lowlands; located in the coal mining area of Silesia)

Moravia (a region in the central and eastern part of the Czech Republic; it lies to the east of Bohemia and to the west of the Carpathians)

Bohemian (a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic)

Meronyms (members of "Czech Republic"):

Czech (a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic)

Holonyms ("Czech Republic" is a part of...):

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

 Context examples 

In 2008-2009 the PGR slid in Germany, France and in the Czech Republic but population growth continued in the Netherlands and Switzerland.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

In 2007-2008, the population growth rate (PGR) of the Czech Republic almost tripled, that of the Netherlands doubled, while the Swiss and the French rates showed solid increases, from 0.67% to 1.13% and from 0.62% to 0.93%, respectively.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)