Czech Origin Place Names

This is a list of place names in which the origin is Czech. Czech is the Slavic language spoken in the Czech Republic.

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Cechia (Country) Italian
Italian form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.

Čechy (Region) Czech, Slovak
From the name of the Slavic tribe of the Czechs, probably derived from the Slavic root čelo meaning "family, tribe". This is the Czech name of Bohemia, while the Czech Republic is called Česko.

Česko (Country) Czech, Slovak
From the name of the Slavic tribe of the Czechs (see Čechy). This is the Czech name for the Czech Republic.

Československo (Country) Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of Czechoslovakia.

Csehország (Country) Hungarian
Hungarian form of Čechy, used to refer both to the region of Bohemia and the larger Czech Republic.

Czechia (Country) English
English form of Čechy (via Polish Czechy), used as an alternative name for the Czech Republic.

Czechoslovakia (Country) English
Combination of Czechia and Slovakia. This was the name of a country that existed between 1918 and 1993, at which time it split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Czechy (Region & Country) Polish
Polish form of Čechy, used to refer both to the region of Bohemia and the larger Czech Republic.

Finsko (Country) Czech
Czech form of Finland.

Hořovice (Settlement) Czech
From Czech hora meaning "mountain". This is the name of a town in the Czech Republic.

Horowitz (Settlement) German
German form of Hořovice.

Maďarsko (Country) Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of Magyarország.

Moldau (Country, River & Region) German
German form of Moldova. As a German river name, it refers both to the Moldova River and the Vltava River in the Czech Republic.

Moldva (Region & River) Hungarian
Hungarian variant of Moldova (referring to the former principality and the region in northeastern Romania). This is also the Hungarian name for the Vltava River in the Czech Republic.

Německo (Country) Czech
Czech cognate of Niemcy, used as the Czech name of Germany.

Nizozemsko (Country) Czech
From Czech nízký "low" and země "land". This is the Czech name for the Netherlands (for which it is also a translation).

Polsko (Country) Czech
Czech form of Poland.

Praag (Settlement) Dutch
Dutch form of Praha (see Prague).

Prag (Settlement) German, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Turkish
German, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Luxembourgish, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian and Turkish form of Praha (see Prague).

Praga (Settlement) Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Russian, Bulgarian and Greek form of Praha (see Prague).

Prague (Settlement) English, French
From Czech Praha, possibly from the Slavic root práh meaning "ford". This is the name of the capital city of the Czech Republic.

Praha (Settlement) Czech, Slovak, Norwegian, Finnish, Estonian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Czech form of Prague.

Skotsko (Country) Czech
Czech form of Scotland.

Slovensko (Country) Slovak, Czech
From Old Slavic slověne referring to the tribe of the Slavs. This is the Slovak name for Slovakia.

Slovinsko (Country) Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of Slovenia.

Tchécoslovaquie (Country) French
French form of Czechoslovakia.

Tchéquie (Country) French
French form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.

Tjeckien (Country) Swedish
Swedish form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.

Tjekkiet (Country) Danish
Danish form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.

Tschechien (Country) German
German form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.

Tschechoslowakei (Country) German
German form of Czechoslovakia.

Tsjechië (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.

Tsjeggië (Country) Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of Tsjechië.

Tsjekkia (Country) Norwegian
Norwegian form of Čechy, used as a name for the Czech Republic.

Vltava (River) Czech
Probably from Old High German wildi "wild" and aha "river". This is the name of a river in the Czech Republic.