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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A region of the central and eastern Czech Republic. Settled by a Slavic people at the end of the sixth century AD, it became an independent kingdom in 870, fell to the Magyars in 906 and later to the Bohemians, came under the rule of the Austrian Habsburgs in 1526, and was incorporated into Czechoslovakia in 1918.
  • Alberto,Italian writer whose novels, such as Time of Desecration (1978), explore the alienation and ennui of the middle class.

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  • proper noun A historical region in the east of the Czech Republic.

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  • noun a region in the central and eastern part of the Czech Republic; it lies to the east of Bohemia and to the west of the Carpathians

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Examples

  • This, however, also aroused the hostility of the Frankish clergy who had arrived in Moravia earlier and considered the territory as part of their own ecclesial jurisdiction .

    Pope John Paul II 2009

  • He was born in Moravia, which was then part of Austro-Hungary.

    Five People Born on April 28 | myFiveBest 2010

  • Hungarians, and the name Moravia for a long time disappears from history.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • Quassitz in Moravia they stole two carriage-horses belonging to a lady, merely because a "gentlemanly" officer wanted them.

    A Lady's Glimpse of the Late War in Bohemia 1867

  • Visitors come to tour medieval chateaux, to taste wine in southern Moravia or beer in Bohemia.

    Bohemian Rhapsody on Two Wheels Todd Pitock 2011

  • Gordon Welters for The New York Times Czech Republic, at the southern edge of the 8,600-square-mile region known as Moravia.

    NYT > Home Page By EVAN RAIL 2011

  • In the easternmost part of the Czech Republic, at the southern edge of the 8,600-square-mile region known as Moravia.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • The keen ecologist and environment campaigner visited the small village of Hostětín in the south-eastern Moravia, which is the home of a series of model eco projects.

    Latest articles - Radio Prague Radio Prague 2010

  • Telc, Moravia, which is also called the "Moravian Venice"; posts a Czech

    Global Voices Online 2009

  • 'Moravia's name appears on no departmental books, ledgers, files or microfiches.

    Black Blade Lustbader, Eric Van 1992

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