Moravia

UK: English: /məˈreɪvɪə/, Italian: /moˈraːvja/

US: (mô rā′vē ə, -rä′-, mō-; for 1 also It. mô rä′vyä)

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Mo•ra•vi•a  (mô rā′vē ə, -rä′-, mō-; for 1 also It. mô rä′vyä), n. 

Al•ber•to  (äl ber′tô), (Alberto Pincherle), 1907–90, Italian writer.
1. Place Names Czech, Morava. German, Mähren. a region in the E Czech Republic: former province of Austria.

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Moravia / məˈreɪvɪə mɒ-/ noun

1. a region of the Czech Republic around the Morava River, bounded by the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, the Sudeten Mountains, and the W Carpathians: became a separate Austrian crownland in 1848; part of Czechoslovakia 1918–92; valuable mineral resources
   Czech name: Morava
   German name: Mähren

Moravia / moˈraːvja/ noun

1. Alberto ( alˈbɛrto ), pen name of Alberto Pincherle. 1907–90, Italian novelist and short-story writer: his works include The Time of Indifference (1929), The Woman of Rome (1949), The Lie (1966), and Erotic Tales (1985)