Karlovy Vary

[kahr-luh-vee vahr-ee, kahr-law-vi vah-ri]

noun

1. a city in western Czech Republic: mineral springs; Carlsbad Decrees (1819).

Karlovy Vary

/ ˈkarlɔvi ˈvari /

noun

1. German name: Karlsbad.  Carlsbad. a city in the W Czech Republic, at the confluence of the Tepla and Ohře Rivers: warm mineral springs. Pop: 50 691 (2007 est)

Example Sentences

As we talked a train trundled westwards over the river, heading to Prague's Smichov station, and from there onwards to Karlovy Vary, Pilsen or Germany.

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After the war the Ickovics returned to Czechoslovakia, where Eugene opened a pharmaceutical factory in Karlovy Vary, before emigrating to Bogotá, Colombia, where he opened several factories and the family grew wealthy.

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But the slogan, “Karlovy Vary understands you,” caused dismay.

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While German guests stay 3.4 nights on average and Americans 2.5 nights in Karlovy Vary’s hotels, Russians stay for around 11 nights, according to official data.

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Josef Dlohos, the director of the municipal government’s tourism promotion agency, insisted that Karlovy Vary had been unfairly tarred as a haven for Russian kleptocrats and mobsters when most of its visitors were ordinary Russians without wealth or weapons.

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