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Czech [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One of the Czechs.

2. The language of the Czechs (often called Bohemian), the harshest and richest of the Slavic languages.

Czechic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the Czechs.

Czechs [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia. D () The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Ph/nician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr. qyga`thr, Skr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã178, 179, 229.

Czechs Encyclopedia Britannica

CZECHS, or phonetically Tclιekhs, a large branch of the Slavonic race, which includes the Bohemians or Czechs proper, the Hannacks or Moravians, and the Slovacks. Besides forming the predominant element in Bohemia and Moravia, where they are estimated respectively at 2,930,000 and 1,352,000, they contribute 614,000 to the population of Hungary, where they are mainly settled on the N.W. frontiers, 93,000 to Austrian Silesia, 60,000 to Prussian Silesia, and a considerable percentage to Austria proper, Bukowina, and Slavonia. See Bohemia.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 6, p. 754
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