Mo·ra·vi·a (m -r  v -, m -) A region of central and eastern Czech Republic. Settled by a Slavic people at the end of the sixth century a.d., it became an independent kingdom in 870 but fell to the Magyars in 906 and later to the Bohemians. In 1526 Moravia came under the rule of the Austrian Hapsburgs. It was incorporated into Czechoslovakia in 1918. |
| Mo·ra·vi·a (m-räv-, -vyä), Alberto Pen name of Alberto Pincherle. 1907-1990. Italian writer best known for his novels, such as Time of Desecration (1978), which explore the alienation and ennui of the middle class. |
Moravia [məˈreɪvɪə mɒ-]
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(Placename) a region of the Czech Republic around the Morava River, bounded by the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, the Sudeten Mountains, and the W Carpathians: became a separate Austrian crownland in 1848; part of Czechoslovakia 1918-92; valuable mineral resources Czech name Morava German name Mähren
Moravia2
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(Biographies / Moravia, Alberto (1907-1990) M, Italian, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: short-story writer) Alberto (alˈbɛrto), pen name of Alberto Pincherle. 1907-90, Italian novelist and short-story writer: his works include The Time of Indifference (1929), The Woman of Rome (1949), The Lie (1966), and Erotic Tales (1985)
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| Noun | 1. |  Moravia - a region in the central and eastern part of the Czech Republic; it lies to the east of Bohemia and to the west of the CarpathiansCzech Republic - a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993 |
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