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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A series of mountain ranges along the Czech-Polish border between the Elbe and Oder Rivers. The mountains extend for about 300 km (185 mi) and rise to 1,602 m (5,256 ft).
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- proper noun A
series ofmountains inCentral Europe (Czechia ,Poland ,Germany ).
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Examples
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I wouldn't even be surprised to learn that Mr. Henlein, the Nazi Fuehrer of the Sudeten is disappointed by now.
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But I don’t see you asking the Czech Republic to threaten its existance as a Czech state by taking back in Sudeten refugees …
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As a first step Hitler demanded-under the threat of invasion'the "return" to Germany of three and a half million so-called Sudeten Germans and the land they lived on under the Czechs.
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Shirer, William L 1961
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Klaus argued that the charter puts the property rights of Czech citizens at risk, saying that it would allow so-called Sudeten Germans, who were expelled by the then Czechoslovakia after World War II ended in 1945, to sue for their confiscated property.
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In Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Estonia, ethnic Russians made up a larger share of the population than had Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Estonia, ethnic Russians made up a larger share of the population than had Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Estonia, ethnic Russians made up a larger share of the population than had Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Estonia, ethnic Russians made up a larger share of the population than had Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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As we come to grips with exiting Afghanistan sooner rather than later and conclude Iraq, rather than await the new edition of the march across the Rhine or occupation of the Sudeten, recent events suggest the opening moves in building a Eastern coalition.
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Hitler launched a vitriolic propaganda campaign, threatening the Czech government and claiming that the Sudeten Germans were being horribly mistreated under Czech rule.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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