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  2. Czech Americans - Wikipedia

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    Czech Americans (Czech: Čechoameričané), known in the 19th and early 20th century as Bohemian Americans, are citizens of the United States whose ancestry is wholly or partly originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority of the traditional lands of the Bohemian Crown, namely Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia.

  3. Slovak Americans - Wikipedia

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    Communists took control of Czechoslovakia's government in 1948, ... Today, almost half of all Slovak Americans reside in Pennsylvania (233,160) and Ohio ...

  4. American Czech and Slovak Association - Wikipedia

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    The American Czech and Slovak Association (ACSA), originally American Czechoslovak Society (ACS), was a Washington, D.C.–based national organization with a mission to facilitate contacts and cooperation between people, institutions and organizations in the United States and the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and assist in the transition to democracy and market economy in Czechoslovakia after ...

  5. List of Czech Americans - Wikipedia

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    Paul Zamecnik, of Czech ancestry, a biochemist of note, who played a central role in the early history of molecular biology. Charles Zeleny, Czech-American zoologist, and professor at the University of Illinois, who made important contributions to experimental zoology, especially embryology, regeneration, and genetics. John Zeleny, physicist.

  6. Czech diaspora - Wikipedia

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    Czech wedding guests in Nova Vesi, near Srbac, 1934. The Czech diaspora refers to both historical and present emigration from the Czech Republic, as well as from the former Czechoslovakia and the Czech lands (including Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia). The country with the largest number of Czechs living abroad is the United States.

  7. Czechoslovak Americans - Wikipedia

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    Czechoslovak Americans may refer to: Czech Americans; Slovak Americans This page was last edited on 16 ...

  8. Category:American people of Czech descent - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "American people of Czech descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 393 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  9. Czechs in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    America's first daily Czech newspaper Svornost began publication in 1875. Also, common in many Czech-American communities was a Sokol (equivalent to a German Turnverein), or a gymnastics facility, which fostered fitness and community bonding, located at Canal and Taylor. Later, more upwardly mobile generations of Czech Americans migrated to ...