Moravia
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Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava; German: Mähren ?; Hungarian: Morvaország; Polish:Morawy) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region.
Together with Bohemia in the West, it makes up the current Czech Repulblic. Slovakia became an independent state in 1993 when Czechoslovakia split.
Currenlty, the capital of the region is Brno (German: Brünn).