Prague

American  

[prahg] / prɑg /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Czech Republic, in the western central part, on the Vltava: formerly capital of Czechoslovakia.

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Prague British  

/ prɑːɡ /

noun

1. Czech name: Praha. the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic, on the Vltava River: a rich commercial centre during the Middle Ages; site of Charles University (1348) and a technical university (1707); scene of defenestrations (1419 and 1618) that contributed to the outbreak of the Hussite Wars and the Thirty Years' War respectively. Pop: 1 164 000 (2005 est)

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Prague Cultural  

1. Capital of The Czech Republic, situated on both banks of the Vltava River; the republic's largest city, as well as its most important industrial city; a leading European industrial and commercial center.

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In 1968, Prague was the center of Czech resistance to invasion by the Soviet Union.

From the fourteenth to the early seventeenth centuries, the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire resided at Prague as well as at Vienna.

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Dr. Yanina Benedetti of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, another member of the research team, said the discovery challenged her expectations about how birds respond to human observers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

The breakthrough emerged from years of collaboration between Sinova's research group at Mainz University and Jungwirth's team at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Medieval Prague, capital of both Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire, remains the major presence throughout, with Charles its dominant figure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Alexander-Arnold, however, could not have done any more as England, who sealed the three points with captain Harry Kane's 87th goal in 123 international appearances, got their Nations League campaign going in Prague.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Who else would invite a guy over to hear his new CD of Mozart’s Prague Symphony and let him listen without having to pretend that he likes it or pretend that he doesn’t?

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

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