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Czechoslovak

American  
[chek-uh-sloh-vak, -vahk] / ˈtʃɛk əˈsloʊ væk, -vɑk /
Or Czecho-Slovak

noun

  1. a member of the branch of the Slavic peoples comprising the Czechs proper, the Moravians, and the Slovaks.

  2. a native or inhabitant of the former Czechoslovakia.


adjective

  1. of or relating to to the former Czechoslovakia, its people, or their language.

Czechoslovak British  
/ ˌtʃɛkəʊˈsləʊvæk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the former Czechoslovakia, its peoples, or their languages

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noun

  1. (loosely) either of the two mutually intelligible languages of the former Czechoslovakia; Czech or Slovak

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Example Sentences

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The sacked law professor Tomasek, accused of reporting on Czechoslovak dissidents in France in the 1980s according to Czech media, declined to comment on the case for AFP.

From Barron's

Slovan's foray into the Champions League last season was a proud moment - their first appearance since independence in 1993 when they qualified as Czechoslovak First League champions.

From BBC

When Slovakia was part of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, the cars it made were, by Western standards, shoddy, noisy, thirsty and slow.

From BBC

Czech company Czechoslovak Group saw revenue spike by 193 percent -- the sharpest increase of all the top 100 -- reaching $3.6 billion.

From Barron's

She spoke sitting on a chair on the same railway platform where tens of thousands of Czechoslovak Jews were herded onto trains bound for the Theresienstadt ghetto.

From BBC