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Czech Republic

Syllabification: (Czech Re·pub·lic)

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Definition of Czech Republic

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

The Czech Republic was formerly one of the two constituent republics of Czechoslovakia. When Czechoslovakia was partitioned on January 1, 1993, the Czech Republic became independent. It includes the former provinces of Bohemia, Silesia, and Moravia. In 2004 the Czech Republic joined both NATO and the EU