Lexic.us

Definition of Moravia

1. Noun. A region in the central and eastern part of the Czech Republic; it lies to the east of Bohemia and to the west of the Carpathians.

Definition of Moravia

1. Proper noun. A historical region in the east of the Czech Republic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moravia

Literary usage of Moravia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"As he was childless, Ferdinand of Hapsburg, husband of Anna Jagellon, the sister of Louis, claimed Moravia with Bohemia and Hungary. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"There are six courts of justice of the first instance in Moravia, ... For military and judicial purposes Moravia is united with Austrian Silesia. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The lauer separate Moravia from Hungary. Parallel to the Carpathians are the ... The Oder also rises among the mountains in the north-east of Moravia ..."

4. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1881)
"A large part of Magyar the Slaves of this region fell permanently under Magyar %$£££' rule ; so did Moravia itself for a season. ..."

5. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"At the moment of the Magyar inroad, the foundation of Moravia. B • Great the Great-Moravian kingdom, the kingdom of Sviato- 8»i-894. pluk, ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"Thus, no sooner had the Austrian main army left Tabor for Znaim (April 1) than Frederick abandoned his attempt on Moravia, moving across into ..."

7. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1802)
"With this army, after threatening Bohemia, he suddenly entered Moravia; which, ... As his Prussian majesty, by his rapid and unexpected march into Moravia, ..."

Other Resources: