Moravia
/mɔˈɹeɪvi.ə/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A historic region in the eastern Czech Republic.
Synonyms
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More examples"Slovakia traces its roots to the 9th-century state of Great Moravia."
Etymology
From Mediaeval 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.