Moravia: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Moravia (Czech: Morava) is the eastern part of the Czech Republic. Its historical capital is Brno.

It is named for the Morava (March) river around which a group of Slavs settled sometime after 500 AD. The Moravians speak various dialects of Czech.

For history see Great Moravia

Sigmund Freud was born in Freiberg, Moravia on May 6, 1856.

Moravia is also a place in the State of New York in the United States of America. See Moravia, New York.