Ostrava
[Czech aw-strah-vah] /Czech ˈɔ strɑ vɑ/
noun
1.
a city in N Moravia, in the NE Czech Republic.
/Czech ˈɔstrava/
noun
1.
an industrial city in the E Czech Republic, on the River Oder: the chief coal-mining area in the Czech Republic, in Upper Silesia. Pop: 316 000 (2005 est)
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