English Exonyms - Czech Republic

Czech Republic

Česká republika (Česko)

  • Čechy : Bohemia (refers to only western half of modern Czech Republic)
  • Česko : Czechia (recent coinage in English for Bohemia plus Moravia)
  • Karlovy Vary : Carlsbad (German name no longer used in English)
  • Morava : Moravia
  • Plzeň : Pilsen (German name no longer used in English)
  • Praha : Prague
  • Slezsko : Silesia (also used for Polish part of Silesia)
  • Sudety : Sudetenland (German name, historical entity)

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