Opava

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English

Etymology

From Czech Opava.

Proper noun

Opava

  1. A city in the Czech Republic.
  2. A river in the Czech Republic.

Czech

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: Opa‧va

Proper noun

Opava f (related adjective opavský, demonym Opavan, female demonym Opavanka)

  1. A city in the northern Czech Republic on the river Opava, located to the north-west of Ostrava
  2. A river in the northeastern Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Oder river

Declension

Declension of Opava (sg-only hard feminine)
singular
nominative Opava
genitive Opavy
dative Opavě
accusative Opavu
vocative Opavo
locative Opavě
instrumental Opavou

Proper noun

Opava m anim (female equivalent Opavová)

  1. a male surname transferred from the place name

Declension

Declension of Opava (masculine animate in -a)
singular plural
nominative Opava Opavové
genitive Opavy Opavů
dative Opavovi Opavům
accusative Opavu Opavy
vocative Opavo Opavové
locative Opavovi Opavech
instrumental Opavou Opavy

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Opava”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “Opava”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “Opava”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
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