Moravia

American  

[maw-rey-vee-uh, -rah-, moh-, maw-rah-vyah] / mɔˈreɪ vi ə, -ˈrɑ-, moʊ-, mɔˈrɑ vyɑ /

noun

1. Alberto Alberto Pincherle, 1907–90, Italian writer.

2. German Mähren.  Czech Morava.  a region in the E Czech Republic: former province of Austria.

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Moravia ¹ British  

/ məˈreɪvɪə, mɒ- /

noun

1. German name: Mähren.  Czech name: Morava.  a region of the Czech Republic around the Morava River, bounded by the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, the Sudeten Mountains, and the W Carpathians: became a separate Austrian crownland in 1848; part of Czechoslovakia 1918–92; valuable mineral resources

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Moravia ² British  

/ moˈraːvja /

noun

1. Alberto (alˈbɛrto), pen name of Alberto Pincherle. 1907–90, Italian novelist and short-story writer: his works include The Time of Indifference (1929), The Woman of Rome (1949), The Lie (1966), and Erotic Tales (1985)

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Example Sentences

He has been spotted on the fringes of two cultural events, including a heavy metal festival in South Moravia.

From BBC

Attention is focused this weekend on central and eastern parts of the country, especially North Moravia, where 50 people lost their lives in 1997.

From BBC

“Most of the scrolls had identity tags attached to them,” Ohrenstein said, “but about 200 came without labels so we refer to them as orphans from unknown towns in Bohemia and Moravia.”

From New York Times

That is the way Moravia writes — except that you, reader, have been granted omniscient privileges to sit on his shoulder and copy all the answers!

From New York Times

The stone blades at Ranis, referred to as leaf points, are similar to stone tools found at several sites in Moravia, Poland, Germany and the United Kingdom.

From Science Daily