Moravia

[ maw-rey-vee-uh, -rah-, moh-; for 1 also Italian maw-rah-vyah ]

/ mɔˈreɪ vi ə, -ˈrɑ-, moʊ-; for 1 also Italian mɔˈrɑ vyɑ /

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noun

Al·ber·to

[ahl-ber-taw], /ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/, Alberto Pincherle, 1907–90, Italian writer.

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

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Words nearby Moravia

morass, moratorium, moratory, Moratuwa, Morava, Moravia, Moravian, Moravian Brethren, Moravian Church, Moravian Gate, Moraxella

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How to use Moravia in a sentence

The government of Moravia has also, within the past year, granted the municipal franchise to widows who pay taxes.
The College, the Market, and the Court|Caroline H. Dall
Silesia and Moravia, the adjoining provinces to Bohemia, followed their example, and did homage to Frederick.
The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
Silesia had already joined the insurgents in Bohemia; Moravia was on the point of following its example.
The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
The Estates did homage without conditions, and the same was done by those of Silesia and Moravia.
The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller

He was present as colonel at the battle of Prague, and afterwards, as major-general, had defeated a Hungarian force in Moravia.
The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller

British Dictionary definitions for Moravia (1 of 2)

Moravia¹

/ (məˈreɪvɪə, mɒ-) /

noun

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 resourcesCzech name: Morava German name: Mähren

British Dictionary definitions for Moravia (2 of 2)

Moravia²

/ (Italian moˈraːvja) /

noun

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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