Word origins

• robotA system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
• benchA long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
• levyTo impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
• rasAn Ethiopian king or prince.
• NovakA surname.
• polkaA lively dance originating in Bohemia.
• SkodaA surname from Czech.
• zarA religious set of beliefs and practices in parts of northern Africa and the Middle East, involving the possession of an individual (usually female) by a type of spirit.
• RudolfA male given name from Czech or German, equivalent to English Rudolph.
• JanaA female given name from Czech.
• KoranDated spelling of Qur'an.
• PrahaSynonym of Prague.
• DvorakDescribing an optimized keyboard layout for the English language, in which the alphabet is arranged in the order PYFGCRL on the top row, AOEUIDHTNS on the middle, or home row, and QJKXBMWVZ on the bottom row, thus placing the letters most frequently used in the home row. Many variants on Dvorak layouts also exist, including keyboards for right-hand-only and left-hand-only-typists.
• CadaA surname.
• PatekA surname from Czech.
• JelinekA surname from Czech.
• KutaA surname.
• HaberA surname from German.
• kanaThe hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
• LomA nomadic people related to the Rom and Dom, with origins in India, who reside in Transcaucasia; Caucasian Gypsies.
• MuchaA surname from Czech.
• boresA surname from Czech.
• MrazA surname.
• brenTo burn (to set ablaze).
• SvobodaA surname from Czech.
• PelikanA surname from Czech of German or Czech origin.
• SklarA surname from Czech.
• fantaA serving of this drink.
• SpacekA surname from Czech.
• SkalaA surname.
• JagrA surname from Czech.
• AndelA surname.
• OlomoucThe capital city of the Olomouc District, and of the Olomouc Region, Czech Republic.
• PlzenPilsen (a city in the Czech Republic).
• PavlikA surname from Czech.
• TomekA surname from Czech.
• CermakA surname from Czech.
• NedvedA surname from Czech.
• CernyA surname from Czech.
• MalyA surname.
• NavratilovaA surname from Czech.
• SykoraA surname.
• kralA surname.
• MikulaA surname.
• VanekA surname.
• KrepsA surname from Czech.
• JanakA surname from Czech.
• FlachA surname.
• MoravecA surname from Czech.
• HomolkaA surname from Czech.
• JuranA surname.
• VranaA surname from Czech.
• PokornyA surname from Czech.
• ProchaskaA surname from Czech.
• RuckaA surname from Czech.
• StrakaA surname.
• MinarikA surname.
• SovaA surname from Czech.
• KubikA surname.
• KopeckyA surname from Czech.
• VltavaA major river in the Czech Republic, tributary of the Elbe.
• KomarA surname.
• BeranA surname from Czech.
• AdamecA surname from Czech or Slovak.
• KolinA village in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
• SoukupA surname from Czech.
• ZelenkaA surname.
• SlezakA surname from Czech.
• HajekA surname.
• SterbaA surname from Czech.
• VeselyA surname from Czech.
• BarchA surname.
• RybkaA surname.
• RomanekA surname.
• machanA kind of safety platform in a tree, used when hunting large animals or to escape a flood; found most commonly in Indian jungles.
• DolezalA surname from Czech.
• SalekA surname from Czech.
• PruchaA surname from Czech.
• KadlecA surname from Czech.
• CapekA surname from Czech.
• MotlA surname from Czech.
• SochaA surname.
• SindelarA surname from Czech.
• PolanskyA surname.
• ValekA surname.
• SladekA surname.
• MrazekA surname from Czech.
• SlavikA surname.
• SvecA surname.
• MiskaA surname from Czech.
• StehlikA surname.
• HavlicekA surname from Czech.
• HudecA surname from Czech.
• ReznikA surname.
• SuchyA surname.
• OcasekA surname from Czech.
• HrusaA surname from Czech.
• IvankaA female given name from Czech.
• CejkaA surname from Czech.
• KosarA surname.