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Czechoslovakia


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Names

Československo

Czechoslovakia

Tschechoslowakei

Checoslovaquia

Cecoslovacchia

Tsjecho-Slowakije

Czechoslovakian

Place Type
general region
Description
An area in central Europe encompassing the historic lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia, comprising the modern nations of Slovakia and the Czech Republic. They were formerly united as one nation, Czechoslovakia, from 1918 to 1993.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Cassell's French Dictionary (1981); Cassell's German Dictionary (1982); Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983); Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978); Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (1994-2002); Engels Woordenboek (1987); LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-); OED2 on CD-ROM (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Born

Tom Prochaska (American, born Czechoslovakia, born 1945)

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