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czech

/t͡ʃɛk/

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What does czech mean?

adjective

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Czechia, the Czech people, culture, or language.

noun

  1. A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent.

proper noun

  1. A Slavic language primarily spoken in the Czech Republic.
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proper noun

  1. The Czech Republic (Czechia).

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IPA pronunciation

/t͡ʃɛk/

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He only lifted his brows and said, ‘You can’t tell me anything new about a Czech; I’m an Austrian.’
Willa CatherMy ÁntoniaProject Gutenberg ebook #242
The Slovak government is moving ahead less enthusiastically than the Czech government in the further dismantling of the old centrally controlled economic system.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1993 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #87
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Central Europe, especially Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, made considerable progress in moving toward "market-friendly" economies, whereas the 15 ex-Soviet countries typically experienced further declines in output of 10-15%.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1994 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #180
At Prague I disgraced myself by being in my hotel room in a sleep of utter exhaustion at the hour when I was supposed to be responding to an address of welcome by the mayor; and the high-light of the evening session in that city falls on the intellectual brow of a Bohemian lady who insisted on making her address in the Czech language, which she poured forth for exactly one hour and fifteen minutes.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354