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The Czech Republic's official long and short names at the United Nations are Česká republika and Česko in Czech, and the Czech Republic and Czechia (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ k i ə /) in English. [1] All these names derive from the name of the Czechs , the West Slavic ethnolinguistic group native to the Czech Republic.
In the Czech Republic, names are simply known as jména ("names") or, if the context requires it, křestní jména ("baptismal names"). The singular form is jméno.A native Czech given name may have Christian roots or traditional Slavic pre-Christian origin (e.g. Milena, Božena, Jaroslav, Václav, Vojtěch).
Some place names were merely Germanized versions of the original Czech names, as seen e.g. from their etymology. The compromise of 1867 marked a recognition of the need for bilingualism in areas where an important portion of the population used another language; the procedure was imposed by official instructions in 1871. [1]
Pages in category "Czech feminine given names" The following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adléta;
pram – from Czech prám, a flatbottomed boat, through Dutch praam and Middle Dutch praem [1] robot – from Czech robot (machine resembling a human being), introduced in Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. from the 1920s. Semtex – a plastic explosive named after Semtín, part of the city of Pardubice, Czech Republic, location of its manufacturer.
The Czech Republic, [c] [12] also known as Czechia, [d] [13] and historically known as Bohemia, [14] is a landlocked country in Central Europe.The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. [15]
The Czech Republic emerged from the peaceful breakup of the old Czechoslovakia in 1993 -- but until now there hasn't been a standard one-word English name.
Swoboda is a surname of Czech origin. A variant of Svoboda, it is popular mainly among West Slavic nations. In Czech, the word's primary meaning is 'freedom' or 'liberty'. As a surname, it used to refer to "free men" (to distinguish them from "serfs"). [1] Due to modern Czech orthography, the most common form in the Czech Republic is Svoboda.