Moravia

[ maw-rey-vee-uh, -rah-, moh-; for 1 also Italian maw-rah-vyah ]

noun
  1. Al·ber·to [ahl-ber-taw], /ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/, Alberto Pincherle, 1907–90, Italian writer.

  2. Czech Morava. German Mähren. a region in the E Czech Republic: former province of Austria.

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How to use Moravia in a sentence

  • The government of Moravia has also, within the past year, granted the municipal franchise to widows who pay taxes.

  • Silesia and Moravia, the adjoining provinces to Bohemia, followed their example, and did homage to Frederick.

    The Thirty Years War, Complete | Friedrich Schiller
  • Silesia had already joined the insurgents in Bohemia; Moravia was on the point of following its example.

    The Thirty Years War, Complete | Friedrich Schiller
  • The Estates did homage without conditions, and the same was done by those of Silesia and Moravia.

    The Thirty Years War, Complete | Friedrich Schiller
  • He was present as colonel at the battle of Prague, and afterwards, as major-general, had defeated a Hungarian force in Moravia.

    The Thirty Years War, Complete | Friedrich Schiller

British Dictionary definitions for Moravia (1 of 2)

Moravia1

/ (məˈreɪvɪə, mɒ-) /


noun
  1. a region of the Czech Republic around the Morava River, bounded by the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, the Sudeten Mountains, and the W Carpathians: became a separate Austrian crownland in 1848; part of Czechoslovakia 1918–92; valuable mineral resources: Czech name: Morava German name: Mähren

British Dictionary definitions for Moravia (2 of 2)

Moravia2

/ (Italian moˈraːvja) /


noun
  1. Alberto (alˈbɛrto), pen name of Alberto Pincherle. 1907–90, Italian novelist and short-story writer: his works include The Time of Indifference (1929), The Woman of Rome (1949), The Lie (1966), and Erotic Tales (1985)

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