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Definition: Moravia from The Macquarie Dictionary
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a district in the Czech Republic, in the eastern part; formerly a province of Czechoslovakia.

Czech Morava German Mähren


Moravia

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(mӘrā'vēӘ, mō–), Czech Morava , Ger. Mähren , region in the E Czech Republic . The region is bordered on the W by Bohemia, on the E by the Little and White Carpathian Mts., which divide it from Slovakia, and on the N by the Sudetes Mts., which separate it from Silesia and which include the Moravian Gate, a historically strategic north-south route. Central Moravia is a valley, opening in the S on Austria and drained by the Morava River and its tributaries. A fertile agricultural area that encompasses the Haná region (noted both for farming and horse breeding), Moravia has important iron and steel industries as well as diverse light industries. Diverse mineral resources, such as lignite, coal, oil, iron, copper, silver, and lead, spurred industrialization in the 20th cent. South Moravia is the Czech Republic's main wine producing region. Major cities include Brno , the former Moravian capital and a leading textile center; Zlín , famous for its shoe industry; Ostrava , a coal-mining…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
Region of the Czech Republic , bordered N by the Sudetes Mountains, E by the Carpathian Mountains, and W by Bohemia. Major cities include Brno and Ostrava. In the 9th century, Moravia established a large empire and adopted Christianity. In the 10th century, the empire fell and the Magyars conquered…
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Moravia was an independent Slavic kingdom that ruled the middle Danube in the ninth century CE . Very few historical records exist to document its history, and the precise origin and territorial extent of the kingdom of Moravia are not known. Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos in his…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Region, central Europe. Bounded by Bohemia, Silesia, Slovakia, and northeastern Austria and crossed by the Morava River , it was inhabited from the 4th century bc . It was dominated by the Avars in the 6th and 7th centuries ad and later settled by Slavic tribes, and in the 9th century it became the…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Area of central Europe, forming two regions of the Czech Republic: South Moravia (Czech Jihomoravský) and North Moravia (Czech Severomoravský); population (2001) 2,502,600. South Moravia has an area of 15,030 sq km/5,800 sq mi and its capital is Brno . North Moravia has an area of 11,070 sq km/4,273…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(mӘrā'vēӘ, mō–), Czech Morava , Ger. Mähren , region in the E Czech Republic . The region is bordered on the W by Bohemia, on the E by the Little and White Carpathian Mts., which divide it from Slovakia, and on the N by the Sudetes Mts., which separate it from Silesia and which include the Moravian…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Region, E Czech Republic. Anciently inhabited by Celtic, then Germanic tribes; settled by Moravians, a Slavic people, from 6th–8th cents.; became tributary to Holy Roman Empire c. 843; introduced to Christianity by Sts. Cyril and Methodius; under Prince Svatopluk, Great Moravia (incl. Bohemia and…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born Nov. 28, 1907, Rome, Italy—died Sept. 26, 1990, Rome) Italian journalist, novelist, and short-story writer. He worked as a journalist in Turin and as a foreign correspondent in London. Time of Indifference (1929), his first novel, is a scathing study of middle-class moral corruption. His works…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Italian novelist. His first successful novel was Gli indifferenti/The Time of Indifference (1929), but its criticism of Mussolini's regime led to the government censoring his work until after World War II. Later books include Agostino (1944), La romana/Woman of Rome (1947), Racconti Romani/Roman…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(älbĕr'tō mōrä'vyä), 1907–90, Italian novelist, b. Alberto Pincherle; husband of Elsa Morante . Moravia is considered one of the foremost 20th-century Italian novelists. He employs taut prose in disturbing realist narratives that shed light on such issues as the relation of the individual to…
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From Chambers Biographical Dictionary
pseudonym of Alberto Pincherle 1907-90 Italian novelist and short-story writer He was born in Rome, of middle-class parents, and spent some years in a sanatorium as a result of a tubercular infection. Before the outbreak of World War II he travelled extensively and lived for a time in the USA when…
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