Šumava

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Czech

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Česká část Šumavy

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šuma (dense forest).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: Šu‧ma‧va

Proper noun

Šumava f (related adjective šumavský, demonym Šumavan, female demonym Šumavanka)

  1. Bohemian Forest (a mountain range in the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Lutterer, Ivan, Šrámek, Rudolf (1997) “Šumava”, in Zeměpisná jména v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku, Havlíčkův Brod: Tobiáš, →ISBN, page 253

Further reading

  • Šumava”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • Šumava”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • Šumava”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)