Škoda

[ skoh-duh; Czech shkaw-dah ]

/ ˈskoʊ də; Czech ˈʃkɔ dɑ /

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noun

E·mil von

[e-mil-fuhn], /ˈɛ mɪl fən/, 1839–1900, Czech engineer and manufacturer of artillery.

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Words nearby Škoda

skiver, skivvy, skiwear, sklent, skoal, Škoda, skokiaan, Skokie, Skokomish, skol, skolly

How to use Škoda in a sentence

“He was very clear on his support for the Civil Rights Act,” Mark Skoda, founder of the Memphis Tea Party, said.
The Right Tolerates Rand Paul's Civil Rights Flap|Benjamin Sarlin|May 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
To take on new Skoda or Krupp guns with these short-range veterans is rough on the gunners.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The old-fashioned fortress, suddenly made "out-of-date" by the Skoda mortars, was usually armed with guns of the naval type.
The Romance of War Inventions|Thomas W. Corbin
The big Skoda mortars owed their mobility to the clever way in which they were constructed.
The Romance of War Inventions|Thomas W. Corbin

The Skoda gun, some of which type are used in Japan and China, is loaded by a hopper feed, and is gas-operated.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2|Various
Wunderlich, Rokitansky and Skoda were, in the middle of the nineteenth century, the greatest medical men of their time.
Makers of Modern Medicine|James J. Walsh