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Czech
Czech [ chek ] (plural Czechs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody from Czech Republic: somebody who comes from the Czech Republic
2. somebody from Czechoslovakia: somebody who came from the former Czechoslovakia
3. language of Czech Republic: the official language of the Czech Republic, belonging to the West Slavonic group of Indo-European languages. Native speakers: 10 million.
[Early 19th century. Via Polish< Czech Čech]

Czech adjective
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