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Czechoslovakia

Czech o slo va ki a |ˌCHekəsləˈväkēə, -ˈvakēə ˌtʃɛkəˌsloʊˈvɑkiə | a former country in central Europe, now divided between the Czech Republic and Slovakia; capital, Prague. Created out of the northern part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War I, it was crushed by the Nazi takeover of the Sudetenland in 1938 and the rest of the country in 1939. After World War II, it fell under Soviet domination. The two parts separated on January 1, 1993. DERIVATIVES Czech o slo vak |-ˈslōˌväk, -ˌvak |noun & adjective, Czech o slo va ki an adjective & noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia |ˌtʃɛkə (ʊ )sləˈvakɪə | a former country in central Europe, now divided between the Czech Republic and Slovakia; capital, Prague. Czechoslovakia was created out of the northern part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of the First World War. It was crushed by the Nazi takeover of the Sudetenland in 1938 and the rest of the country in 1939. After the Second World War Czechoslovakia fell under Soviet domination, an attempt at liberalization being crushed by military intervention in 1968, until the velvet revolution of 1989. The two parts separated on 1 January 1993. DERIVATIVES Czechoslovak |-ˈsləʊvak |noun & adjective, Czechoslovakian adjective & noun

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Czechoslovak

Czech o slo vak /tʃèkoʊslóʊvæk , ⦅米 ⦆-vɑːk /名詞 C チェコスロヴァキア人 .形容詞 チェコスロヴァキア (人 [語 ])の .

 

Czechoslovakia

Czech o slo va ki a /tʃèkəsloʊvɑ́ːkiə |tʃèkə (ʊ )slə (ʊ )vǽk -/名詞 チェコスロヴァキア 〘中欧の国で1993年にthe Czech RepublicとSlovakiaに分離 〙.