Definition of Ostrava

1. Noun. An industrial city in northwestern Czech Republic in the Moravian lowlands; located in the coal mining area of Silesia.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Czech Republic

Definition of Ostrava

1. Proper noun. A city in the far east of the Czech Republic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostrava

Ossianic
Ostariophysi
Osteichthyes
Ostend
Ostender
Ostenders
Osteostraci
Ostia
Ostia Antica
Ostian
Ostians
Ostic
Ostman
Ostmen
Ostraciidae
Ostrava
Ostrea gigas
Ostreidae
Ostrobothnia
Ostrobothnian
Ostrobothnians
Ostrogoth
Ostrogothic
Ostrogoths
Ostrya
Ostrya carpinifolia
Ostrya virginiana
Ostryopsis
Ostwald

Literary usage of Ostrava

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

1. Key Issues for Transport Beyond 2000: Introductory Reports and Summary of by (Paris) European Conference of Ministers, Ecmt (2002)
"... Branch B of corridor VI (link between corridors IV and VI): (Katovice) - Petrovice u Karvine - ostrava - Breclav - (Vienna/Bratislava). ..."

2. Economic and cultural transition towards a learning city: The Case of Jena by Ceri, Rainer Treptow (1999)
"... three in Brno and three in ostrava or ostrava region, A substantial majority are located in the northernmost industrial region of the country, ..."

3. Struggling for Ethnic Identity: Czechoslovakia's Endangered Gypsies by Rachel Tritt (1992)
"In ostrava, Zbynek Prazak, the Deputy Mayor, told Helsinki Watch: The official number of Gypsies in ostrava is 11800. The reality, however, is more like ..."

4. The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown by Hugh LeCaine Agnew (2004)
"Other large urban centers included ostrava with 167000 and Plzen with 109000 inhabitants.24 The balance between Czechs and Germans remained stable, ..."

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