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has gloss | eng: This is a list of word coming to English from or via Czech, or originating in the Czech lands: *Absurdistan (in Czech Absurdistán) - word created by Eastern Bloc dissidents, passed into English mainly through works of Václav Havel. *Budweiser - after Budweis, the German name of Budějovice, a city in southern Bohemia *dollar - from High German thaler, a nickname for the silver coins that were minted from the ore found in Jáchymov in western Bohemia, called Joachimsthal in German (literally Joachim's Valley) *háček - a diacritical mark, literally "little hook", e.g. č is letter c having háček. Also known as "caron". *howitzer - from houfnice, a 15th century Hussite catapult; houf meaning crowd or band |
lexicalization | eng: List of English words of Czech origin |
instance of | (noun) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English loanword, loan |
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lexicalization | ces: Česká slova v jiných jazycích |
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has gloss | hrv: Bohemizmi su posuđenice i usvojenice u hrvatskom jeziku koje potječu iz češkog jezika. |
lexicalization | hrv: Bohemizam |
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