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Noun1.Prag - the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the countryPrag - the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century
Czech capital, Prague, Praha
Czech Republic - a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993
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Thus, in discussing the founding of Prague and its mythic mother, the "soothsayer" Libussa (or Libuse in Czech), he draws not only on the fascinating Latin chronicle of Cosmas, a twelfth-century Bohemian chronicler, but on some unexpected literary sources such as the unread (and, indeed, unreadable) colossal drama by the German poet Clemens Brentano entitled Die Grundung Prags as well as the verse play Libussa by the dour Austrian playwright of genius Franz Grillparzer.
Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a European City by Ormsby, Eric / New Criterion
 
 
 
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