Czechoslovakia
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- proper noun
- /ˌtʃɛkəˈsloʊvɑːkɪə/
- Many historical events took place in Czechoslovakia before it split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
- Czechoslovakia and Hungary
- Czechoslovakia and Poland
- Czechoslovakia and Germany
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Watch on YouTubeThey talked about the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, talked about in East, in East Germany, nothing much happened.
- They talked about the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, talked about in East, in East Germany, nothing much happened.
- In in World War Two, there was this, this moment, like, you know, Hitler had invaded, you know, Poland and Czechoslovakia and all these places.
- For example, my father is was from Czechoslovakia, so he would read words in English based on how he thought they should be pronounced.
- Like for example when Czechoslovakia broke up, when Norway and Sweden broke up, it wasn't really ideological, it was more cultural.
- He knew my history at well, he came from Czechoslovakia.
- Prague is in Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia.
- Stan is a psychotherapist and licensed his entire life in Czechoslovakia.
- They, they took Belgium, the Netherlands, they annexed Austria and and got a piece of the of the of Czechoslovakia.
Examples
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Between the wars, independent Czechoslovakia was one of Europe's power engines, but decades of Communist slavery.
Academic text (2008) -
They talked about the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, talked about in East, in East Germany, nothing much happened.
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I brought them back from Czechoslovakia.
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Followed by France and Czechoslovakia.
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At the time of the offer, Czechoslovakia was a democracy.
Fiction book (1999) -
The Russians have made their move in Czechoslovakia.
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Within the year, all Soviet troops will leave Hungary and Czechoslovakia, with those in East Germany not far behind.
Academic text (1990) -
The constitutional court is to play a special role in this regard in Czechoslovakia.
Academic text (1991) -
In institutional terms, Czechoslovakia is as much a parliamentary system as Hungary and Germany.
Academic text (1991) -
So Poland became the state of Poles, Czechoslovakia became the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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Etymology
Czechoslovakia comes from joining Czech and Slovakia, the names of two groups of people and their lands in central Europe. So Czechoslovakia means 'land of the Czechs and Slovaks' and refers to the former country made for those two groups.