Austerlitz

[ aw-ster-lits; German ous-tuh r-lits ]
/ ˈɔ stər lɪts; German ˈaʊs tər lɪts /

noun

a town in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: Russian and Austrian armies defeated by Napoleon I 1805.

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Czech Slavkov.
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Austerlitz
/ (ˈɔːstəlɪts) /

noun

a town in the Czech Republic, in Moravia: site of Napoleon's victory over the Russian and Austrian armies in 1805. Pop: 1795 (2007 est)Czech name: Slavkov
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