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==Emigration: The Czech Diaspora== | ==Emigration: The Czech Diaspora== | ||
The '''Czech diaspora''' refers to both '''historical and present emigration''' from the '''Czech Republic''', as well as from the '''former Czechoslovakia''' and the '''Czech lands (including Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia)'''. | The '''Czech diaspora''' refers to both '''historical and present emigration''' from the '''Czech Republic''', as well as from the '''former Czechoslovakia''' and the '''Czech lands (including Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia)'''. Czechs originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority of the '''traditional lands of the Bohemian Crown''', namely '''Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia'''. These lands over time have been governed by a variety of states, including the '''Kingdom of Bohemia, the Austrian Empire, Czechoslovakia, and the Czech Republic''' also known by its '''short-form name, Czechia'''. | ||
===Vienna=== | ===Vienna=== | ||
*Around the start of the 20th century, '''Vienna''' was the city with the second-largest Czech population in the world (after Prague). At its peak, in 1900, 102,974 people claimed Czech or Slovak as their colloquial language. However, there are claims that the Czech minority numbered as high as 250,000-300,000, making Vienna a city with the second largest Czech speaking population, only after Prague. | *Around the start of the 20th century, '''Vienna''' was the city with the second-largest Czech population in the world (after Prague). At its peak, in 1900, 102,974 people claimed Czech or Slovak as their colloquial language. However, there are claims that the Czech minority numbered as high as 250,000-300,000, making Vienna a city with the second largest Czech speaking population, only after Prague. | ||