Hradec Králové

American

[hrah-dets krah-law-ve] / ˈhrɑ dɛts ˈkrɑ lɔ vɛ /

noun

a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.

Hradec Králové British

/ ˈhradɛts ˈkraːlɔvɛː /

noun

German name: Königgrätz. a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River. Pop: 97 000 (2005 est)

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Hradec Králové

Blanka Klímová, an associate professor of applied linguistics at the University of Hradec Králové in Czechia, says that Replika has been useful for her students to practise informal English.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2023

Mr. Ješátko, the family chauffeur, drove the four of us to Hradec Králové, a town about sixty miles from Prague, where a friendly priest was willing to baptize us.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2019

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