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Moravia

Pronunciation: /mɔˈɹeɪvi.ə/

The English word “Moravia” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. A historic region in the eastern Czech Republic.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Moravia, which is named after River Morava, (German March, Latin Marus), the main river of the land. The water's name is in all likelihood derived ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

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