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Prague

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Prague  (präg)
The capital and largest city of the Czech Republic, in the western part of the country on the Vltava River. Known since the 9th century, it was a leading cultural and commercial center by the 14th century and came under Hapsburg rule in 1526. Prague was the capital of Czechoslovakia from the country's formation in 1918 until its dissolution in 1993. Population: 1,190,000.
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Noun1.PraguePrague - 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, Prag, Praha
Czech Republic - a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993
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Prague [prɑːg] n → Praga
Prague [prɑːg] n → Prague
Prague [prɑːg] n → Prag nt
Prague [prɑːg] n → Praga


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While this superadded consciousness of the actual was almost constant with me, I had never had a recurrence of that distinct prevision which I have described in relation to my first interview with Bertha; and I was waiting with eager curiosity to know whether or not my vision of Prague would prove to have been an instance of the same kind.
The Lifted Veil by Eliot, George View in context
I recognized the face of my friend Gordon Doyle, whom I had met in Liverpool on the day of my embarkation, when he was himself about to sail on the steamer City of Prague, on which he had urged me to accompany him.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Then, without any more preliminaries, she turned on all the horrors of the "Battle of Prague," that venerable shivaree, and waded chin-deep in the blood of the slain.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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