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Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...

is a historical region in the Czech Republic.

Moravia may also refer to:
  • Great Moravia
    Great Moravia
    Great Moravia was a Slavic state that existed in Central Europe and lasted for nearly seventy years in the 9th century whose creators were the ancestors of the Czechs and Slovaks. It was a vassal state of the Germanic Frankish kingdom and paid an annual tribute to it. There is some controversy as...

    , a European state in the 9th century
  • March of Moravia
    March of Moravia
    The March or Margraviate of Moravia, was a marcher state, sometimes de facto independent and varyingly within the power of the Duchy, later Kingdom of Bohemia...

    , a Mark in the Holy Roman Empire
  • Moravia IT
    Moravia IT
    Moravia IT is a company based in Brno, Czech Republic that provides translation, localization and testing services. It has over 450 employees worldwide and 8 offices in the US, Ireland, Japan, China, Argentina, Hungary and Czech Republic....

    , a localization, translation, and testing services company, based in Brno, Czech Republic
  • Moravia, Iowa
    Moravia, Iowa
    Moravia is a city in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. The population was 713 at the 2000 census.-History:Moravia is named for the religious faith. Moravian families left Salem, North Carolina in 1849 to start a colony in the west. Money was sent to purchase forty acres of land for a town site...

    , U.S.
  • Moravia, New York
    Moravia, New York
    Moravia, New York may refer to:*Moravia , New York*Moravia , New York...

    , U.S.
  • Moravia Canton
    Moravia Canton
    Moravia is the name of the 14th canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 28.62 km², and has a population of 53,273. The capital city of the canton is San Vicente....

    , Costa Rica
  • Moravia, an area of northeast Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
  • A Latinized form of Murray
    Murray
    -People with the name Murray:*Murray — see that page for a list of people with the surname.*Murray Ball, New Zealand cartoonist*Murray Deaker, New Zealand sports broadcaster*Murray Goldberg, Canadian eLearning pioneer...

  • A Latinized form referring to the historic Mormaer of Moray
    Mormaer of Moray
    The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Moray was a lordship in High Medieval Scotland that was destroyed by King David I of Scotland in 1130. It did not have the same territory as the modern local government council area of Moray, which is a much smaller area, around Elgin...

     in Scotland

People with the family name Moravia

  • Alberto Moravia
    Alberto Moravia
    Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism....

    , pen name of Italian writer Alberto Pincherle (1907-1990) who authored The Conformist.
  • Flemming Freskin
    Freskin
    Freskin was a minor nobleman active in the reign of King David I of Scotland. His name appears only in a charter by King William to Freskin's son, William, granting Strathbrock in West Lothian and Duffus, Kintrae, and other lands in Moray, "which his father held in the time of King David"...

    , styled de Moravia

See also

  • Moravian (disambiguation)
  • Morava (disambiguation)
  • Morawa, Western Australia
    Morawa, Western Australia
    Morawa is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is located within the Shire of Morawa, approximately 370 kilometres north of the state capital Perth, on the railway line between Wongan Hills and Mullewa.- History :...

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