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Country name Czechia, in 32 editions.

The entry for Czechia published Country name in 32 editions of 33, from 1993 to 2025. The text changed in 12 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.

editions changed the text
12
the first edition with it
1993
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).

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conventional long form:
Czech Republic
conventional short form:
Czechia
local long form:
Ceska republika
local short form:
Cesko
etymology:
name derives from the Czechs, a West Slavic tribe who rose to prominence in the late 9th century A.D.; the tribal name is said to come from an ancestral chief

conventional long form: Czech Republic
conventional short form: Czechia
local long form: Ceska republika
local short form: Cesko
etymology: name derives from the Czechs, a West Slavic tribe who rose to prominence in the late 9th century A.D.; the country officially adopted the English short-form tribal name of Czechia on 1 July 2016 is said to come from an ancestral chief

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Czechia: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1993–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/czechia/country-name.

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