Ostrava


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Os·tra·va

 (ō′strä-vä)
A city of the northeast Czech Republic near the Oder River. It is a manufacturing center in a coal-mining area.

Ostrava

(Czech ˈɔstrava)
n
(Placename) an industrial city in the E Czech Republic, on the River Oder: the chief coal-mining area in the Czech Republic, in Upper Silesia. Pop: 316 000 (2005 est)

O•stra•va

(ˈɔs trɑ vɑ)

n.
a city in N Moravia, in the NE Czech Republic. 332,000. Formerly, Moravská Ostrava.
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Noun1.Ostrava - an industrial city in northwestern Czech Republic in the Moravian lowlandsOstrava - an industrial city in northwestern Czech Republic in the Moravian lowlands; located in the coal mining area of Silesia
Czech Republic - a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993
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