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Prague

/pɹɑːɡ/

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obsolete/pɹeɪ̯ɡ/

Prague proper noun: the capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Proper noun

Prague

  1. The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
    • I said, I've always wanted to visit Prague.1998 June 3, “Conjoined Fetus Lady”, in South Park, season 2, episode 5
    • The Czech Republic, like most countries, only formally recognises Beijing and not Taipei, but in recent years has grown ⁠closer to Taiwan, a powerhouse in the semiconductor industry, and has seen growing investment from it. Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung visited Prague earlier ⁠in May and...2026 May 31, Michael Kahn, “China criticizes Czech Senate President's trip to Taiwan”, in Deepa Babington, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2026
    Synonyms:
    Praha
  2. (metonymically) The Czech government.

Prague meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Prague in Hindi

capital city of Czechia
प्राग prāg

Prague in Tamil

capital city of Czechia
பிராகா pirākā

Prague in Marathi

capital city of Czechia
प्राग prāg

Prague in Urdu

capital city of Czechia
پراگ prāg
More languagesFewer languages
Prague in Bengali
প্রাগ prag
Prague in Pashto
پراګ prāg, پراها prāhā
Prague in Tagalog
Praga
Prague in Arabic
بْرَاغ brāg
Prague in Malay
Praha, Prague
Prague in Indonesian
Praha
Prague in Persian
پراگ perâg
Prague in Thai
ปราก bpráak
Prague in Vietnamese
Pra-ha, Thiệp Khẩu
Prague in Myanmar
ပရာ့ဂ်မြို့ pa.rag.mrui., ပရက်ဂ်မြို့ pa.rakgmrui.

Synonyms of Prague

Origin of Prague

From German Prag, from Slavic. See Czech Praha for further origin. Doublet of Praha.

Words formed from Prague

Words that rhyme with Prague

Questions about Prague

What does Prague mean?
Prague means the capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
What is Prague in Hindi?
Prague in Hindi is प्राग (prāg). See Prague meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Prague?
Prague is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Prague?
Prague is pronounced /pɹɑːɡ/.

Words near Prague in the dictionary

  1. pragmatography
  2. pragmats
  3. pragmatum
  4. Pragnell
  5. prags
  6. Prague
  7. Praguer
  8. Praguers
  9. Praguian
  10. Praguians
  11. Pragya

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Prague (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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