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Dictionary entry overview: What does Prague mean?
• PRAGUE (noun)
The noun PRAGUE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: PRAGUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Czech capital; Prag; Prague; Praha
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Prague" is a part of...):
Czech Republic (a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993)
Context examples
I have come incognito from Prague for the purpose of consulting you.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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