Prague

English

Etymology

From German Prag or Czech Praha. Earlier origin is contested; compare Czech pražiti (“(land cleared by) burning”) or práh (“threshold”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɹɑːɡ/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɑːɡ
  • (archaic (in use until the early 20th c.)) IPA(key): /pɹeɪ̯ɡ/[1]

Proper noun

Prague

  1. The capital city of the Czech Republic; former capital of Czechoslovakia; former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
  2. (metonymically) The Czech government.

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See also

References
  1. Thomas Baldwin. (1851). A Vocabulary of Geographical Pronunciation, p. 37; William S. Walsh. (1890). "Books and Literature" in The Illustrated American, Vol. 4, p. 370.
2. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Prague”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁaɡ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡ

Proper noun

Prague f

  1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

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