Olomouc

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O·lo·mouc

 (ō′lō-mōts′)
A city of the northeast Czech Republic on the Morava River northeast of Brno. Possibly founded as a Roman fortress, it was ceded to Hungary in 1478 and was Moravia's capital until about 1640.
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Olomouc

(Czech ˈɔlɔmɔuts)
n
(Placename) a city in the Czech Republic, in North Moravia on the Morava River: capital of Moravia until 1640; university (1576). Pop: 102 000 (2005 est). German name: Olmütz
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O•lo•mouc

(ˈɔ lɔ moʊts)

n.
a city in central Moravia, in the E Czech Republic. 225,000.
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Translations
Olomouc
Olmütz
Ołomuniec
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PRAGUE, Ramadan 18, 1432, Aug 18, 2011, SPA -- The Czech football federation has fined top-division club Olomouc four million koruna ($235,350) and deducted competition points for match-fixing, AP reported.
STUNNED Sigma Olomouc star Lukas Bajer reckons they can afford to field a second string for their "easy" Euro return against shell-shocked Aberdeen.
His first selection takes us to the Czech Republic second tier and a clash between HFK Olomouc and Ceske Budejovice.
This collection of papers originated from an international conference organized by the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy at Palacky University in Olomouc to investigate the influence of Florentine Platonism in Bohemia and Hungary during the Renaissance.
THE REPUBLIC of Ireland's friendly in the Czech Republic next March goes ahead in Olomouc - as revealed in yesterday's Irish Mirror.
Czech FA officials are unable to move their March friendly with the Republic away from the provincial town of Olomouc.
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