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Czech Republic

Pronunciation: /tʃɛkrɪˈpʌblɪk/

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Definition of Czech Republic

a country in central Europe; population 10,211,900 (est. 2009); official language, Czech; capital, Prague.

Formerly one of the two constituent republics of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic became independent on the partition of that country on 1 January 1993. It comprises the former provinces of Bohemia, Silesia, and Moravia