Ostrava
[ Czech aw-strah-vah ]
/ Czech ˈɔ strɑ vɑ /
noun
a city in N Moravia, in the NE Czech Republic.
Formerly
Moravská Ostrava.
British Dictionary definitions for ostrava
Ostrava
/ (Czech ˈɔstrava) /
noun
an industrial city in the E Czech Republic, on the River Oder: the chief coal-mining area in the Czech Republic, in Upper Silesia. Pop: 316 000 (2005 est)