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Čapek (Czech) [ˈtʃapɛk]

(Biographies / Čapek, Karel (1890-1938) M, Czech, THEATRE: dramatist, WRITING: novelist) Karel (ˈkarɛl). 1890-1938, Czech dramatist and novelist; author of R.U.R. (1921), which introduced the word ``robot'', and (with his brother Josef) The Insect Play (1921).

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Capek - Czech writer who introduced the word `robot' into the English language (1890-1938)

Karel Capek

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Karel Capek			The term was coined by a Czech playwright Karel Capek in the 1920''s. Things You Should Know About Robot History by Andrew Newell / Business community 95 Paperback PG4026 Heim is honored by his UCLA colleagues and others for his contributions to Czech studies and translations of works by Capek, Kundera, Havel, et al. Between texts, languages, and cultures; a festschrift for Michael ... by Reference & Research Book News by Kenneth Capek RRT, CHT, MPA Ken Capek, RRT, CHT, MPA is Director of Respiratory Care and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at Englewood Medical Center in Englewood, NJ. Hyperbaric certification exam review by Capek, Kenneth / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine			Cape May Cape May warbler Cape of Good Hope Cape of Good Hope Province Cape Passero Cape Peninsula Cape periwinkle Cape pigeon Cape primrose Cape Province Cape Sable Cape smoke Cape sparrow Cape Town Cape Trafalgar Cape tulip Cape Verde Cape Verde escudo Cape Verde Islands Cape Verde monetary unit Cape Verdean Cape wine cape yellowwood Cape York Cape York Peninsula Capek Capel Capelan capelin Capeline capeline bandage Capella Capellane Capelle Capellet capellmeister Capelocracy caper Caper bush caper family caper sauce caper spurge caper tree Caperberry capercaillie capercailzie Caperclaw Caperer Capernaum capernoited capers			Cape york, australia Cape york, australia Cape york, queensland Cape york, queensland Cape, Land and Sea Harvest Cape, The Cape-dandelion Cape-marigold Cape-weed CAPEA CAPEB CAPEC Capecitabine Capecitabine plus Docetaxel CAPECO caped caped caped caped caped Caped Cod Fish Golf Association Caped Crusader Caped Crusader Caped Crusader Capedandelion CAPEEM CAPEF CAPEFLE CAPEI CAPEI Capek Capek, Josef Capek, Karel Capek, Karel Capel Capel capelan capelan capelin capelin capelin Capeline capeline bandage capeline bandage capelins capelins Capell fan Capell, Edward Capella Capella Capella (band) Capella Sistina Capella Sistina Capella, Martianus capellaccio Capellane Capellanus Capelle Capelle, Eduard von Capellet Capellmeister

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