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Czechoslovakian
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English
Etymology
From en Czechoslovakia -an.
Pronunciation
en /ˈtʃɛk.əz.lə.væk.i.ən/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Czechoslovakian.wav Southern England
en /ˌt͡ʃɛk.ə.sloʊˈvɑk.i.ən/ US
Adjective
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Of or pertaining to the former nation of Czechoslovakia.
en Czechoslovak#Adjective
Translations
of or pertaining to Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak#Adjective
Noun
en historical A person from Czechoslovakia.
en Czechoslovak#Noun
Translations
person from Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak#Noun
Proper noun
A political sociolinguistic concept used in Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1938 for the definition of the state language of the country; the Czech and Slovak languages collectively.
en Czechoslovak#Proper noun
27 March 1924 Vaclav Simek (quoted by Annie Hladik) Held for Threat Against FordPolice Believe Prisoner Was Tool in Extortion Plot Against Edsel. https://www.nytimes.com/1924/03/27/archives/held-for-threat-against-ford-police-believe-prisoner-was-tool-in.html All you have to is to write three or four letters for I will tell you in Czechoslovakian what I want to say and you translate English.
9 January 1925 M’Reynolds Tells Trials of OfficialsAssociate Justice Declares They Should Be Relieved of ‘Carping Criticism.’ Most of Them Faithful; Bishop Gailor Says New York Is Not National Model in Tennessee Society Speech. https://www.nytimes.com/1925/01/09/archives/mreynolds-tells-trials-of-officials-associate-justice-declares-they.html The other day I was in a Fourth Avenue car and the man opposite me was reading a Greek newspaper, the man next to him was reading a Russian one and beyond that was a man reading a Yiddish newspaper. Next were three men talking in Czechoslovakian.
27 April 1995 Jan Herman Mary Kress ‘Time’ in Memorial: 2 Death Camp Prisoners Bear Witness; Their Experience Helps in Staging Tale of Survival https://web.archive.org/web/20260901195258/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-27-ca-59537-story.html She says from behind me in Czechoslovakian, a word that meant, ‘Get away from here!’ That’s all I heard.
7 January 1997 Jack Mathews Milos Forman The Freedom to Film https://web.archive.org/web/20260901195254/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-07-ca-16051-story.html I think I was meant to be here. You know, the road going by is Carter Road, which is named after the first farmer in the area, who owned this farm. After I buy the house, I find out that the only exact translation of Carter in Czechoslovakian is ‘Forman.’
Translations
Czech and Slovak languages collectively Czechoslovak#Proper noun
Further reading
Czechoslovak language
en terms suffixed with -ian