Brno

American

[br-naw, bur-noh] / ˈbr nɔ, ˈbɜr noʊ /

noun

a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.

Brno British

/ ˈbɜːnəʊ, ˈbrnɔ /

noun

German name: Brünn. a city in the Czech Republic; formerly the capital of Moravia: the country's second largest city. Pop: 375 000 (2005 est)

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The businessman and lawyer was born in the city of Brno in the Czech Republic, some three hours away from Prague.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

Daniel Kretinsky started his career as a lawyer in his hometown of Brno, before moving to Prague.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024

The project is a collaboration with researchers from the University of Helsinki, Vienna University of Technology and Masaryk University in Brno.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

Davies’ clear, incisive Rachmaninoff reading, which I caught on a livestream of the Brno concert, contained the coolness of Aaron Copland yet flowed with the melodic lyricism of Harrison.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2023

Had Darwin looked carefully through the books in his voluminous library, he might have found a reference to an obscure paper by a little-known botanist from Brno.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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