Czechia (Česko) in other languages: Prague, 14 regions, German names
Czechia is Česko in Czech, the short form of Česká republika, and ISO 3166-1 codes it CZ, CZE and 203. The lists give the name in 180 languages, Praha (Prague) in 102, the 14 regions with their ISO 3166-2 codes and the German names of eleven Czech towns.
Official languagesCzech (čeština)
Checked
- alpha-2
- CZ
- alpha-3
- CZE
- numeric
- 203
Česká republika
- English
- CzechiaCzech Republic
- Capital
- PrahaPraha · Prague
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Short name: decision of the Czech government of 2 May 2016 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs); in ISO 3166-1 with effect from 17 May 2016, as recorded in the IANA language subtag registry
Czechia (Česko) in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Tagalog | eng / tgl | Czechia | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Galician, Nahuatl, Occitan, Spanish | arg / ast / glg / nah / oci / spa | Chequia | same as written |
| Corsican, Italian, Latin, Ladin, Sicilian, Sardinian | cos / ita / lat / lld / scn / srd | Cechia | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German, North Frisian, Saterland Frisian | deu / ltz / nds / frr / stq | Tschechien | same as written |
| Czech, Slovak | ces / slk | Česko | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar, Gagauz | crh / gag | Çehiya / Чехия | Çehiya |
| Finnish, Kven | fin / fkv | Tšekki | same as written |
| Croatian, Slovenian | hrv / slv | Češka | same as written |
| Igbo, Novial | ibo / nov | Chekia | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Kirundi | kin / run | Cekiya | same as written |
| Limburgish, Dutch | lim / nld | Tsjechië | same as written |
| Polish, Silesian | pol / szl | Czechy | same as written |
| Romanian, Aromanian | ron / rup | Cehia | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Tsjeggië | same as written |
| Aymara | aym | Chexya | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Çexiya / Чехија | Çexiya |
| Bambara | bam | Ceki | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Češka / Чешка / چەشقا | Češka |
| Breton | bre | Tchekia | same as written |
| Catalan | cat | Txèquia | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Pow Chek | same as written |
| Kashubian | csb | Czeskô | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | Tsiecia | same as written |
| Danish | dan | Tjekkiet | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian | dsb | Česka | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Ĉeĥujo, Ĉeĥio | same as written |
| Estonian | est | Tšehhi | same as written |
| Basque | eus | Txekia | same as written |
| Faroese | fao | Kekkia | same as written |
| French | fra | Tchéquie | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Tch·èquie | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Tsjechje | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Cechie | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | An t-Seic | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An tSeic | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Çheck | same as written |
| Guarani | grn | Cheko | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Tcheki | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Czechiya | same as written |
| Upper Sorbian | hsb | Čěska | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Csehország | same as written |
| Interlingua | ina | Chechia | same as written |
| Indonesian | ind | Ceko | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Tékkland | same as written |
| Javanese | jav | Céko | same as written |
| Jersey Norman French | jnf | Tchèquie | same as written |
| Karakalpak | kaa | Chexiya / Чехия | Chexiya |
| Greenlandic | kal | Tjekkia | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish, Turkish | kur / tur | Çekya | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Čehija | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Sheki | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Čekija | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Čekeja | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Tseky | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Ċekja | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Cehia / Чехия | Cehia |
| Maori | mri | Taika | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Czech / چيك | Czech |
| Norwegian | nor | Tsjekkia | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Tchièquie | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Chéquia, Tchéquia | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Chiksuyu | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Čexiya / चेख़िया | Čexiya |
| Romansh | roh | Tschechia | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Cxehia / Чехиа, Cxehzem / Чехзем | Cxehia, Cxehzem |
| Northern Sami | sme | Čeahkka | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Čekėjė | same as written |
| Samoan | smo | Siekia | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Çekia | same as written |
| Swahili | swa | Ucheki | same as written |
| Swedish | swe | Tjeckien | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Xékia | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | Sekí | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Çehiýa / Чехия | Çehiýa |
| Uzbek | uzb | Chexiya / Чехия / چېخىيە | Chexiya |
| Veps | vep | Čehii | same as written |
| Vietnamese | vie | Séc | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Tjegän, Tsyegän | same as written |
| Võro | vor | Tsehhi | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Tchekeye | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Cek | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Çekıstan | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Чє́шьско | Čéšĭsko |
| Abaza, Altai, Avar, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abq / alt / ava / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal | Чехия | Čeȟija |
| Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian | chv / mon / oss | Чехи | Čeȟi |
| Abkhaz | abk | Чехиа | Čeȟia |
| Bashkir | bak | Чехия / Çexiya | Çexiya |
| Belarusian | bel | Чэхія / Čechija | Čechija |
| Chechen | che | Чехи / Çexi | Çexi |
| Kazakh | kaz | Чехия / چەحيا / Çexiya | Çexiya |
| Kabardian | kbd | Чехиэ | Čeȟiă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Чехия / چەحىيا / Çehiya | Çehiya |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Ч’ехи / Ç’êxî, Ч’еки / Ç’êkî | Ç’êxî, Ç’êkî |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Чехий | Čeȟij |
| Macedonian | mkd | Чешка | Češka |
| Rusyn | rue | Чесько | Čes'ko |
| Serbian | srp | Чешка / Češka | Češka |
| Tatar | tat | Чехия / Çexiä / چېخىيە | Çexiä |
| Tajik | tgk | Чехия / چخیه / Cexija | Cexija |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Чехія | Čeȟija |
| Arabic | ara | التشيك | at-Tišīk |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | چئخییا / Çexiya | Çexiya |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | چێکیا / Çêkya | Çêkya |
| Persian | fas | چکی / Ceki | Ceki |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | چیک | Čēk |
| Dari | prs | چکیا | Čekiyā |
| Pashto | pus | چېکيا | Čekiyā |
| Uyghur | uig | چېخىيە / Chéxiye / Чехия | Chéxiye |
| Urdu | urd | چیکیا | Čēkiyā |
| Dhivehi | div | ޗެކިއާ | Čekiā |
| Syriac | syr | ܬܫܝܟܝܐ | Tšēkiyā |
| Hebrew | heb | צ׳כיה | Čeḫiyah |
| Ladino | lad | גﬞיקיה / Chekia | Chekia |
| Yiddish | yid | טשעכיע | Tšeḫye |
| Amharic | amh | ቼኪያ | Čekiya |
| Greek | ell | Τσεχία | Tseȟía |
| Armenian | hye | Չեխիա | Č̕exia |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ჩეხეთი | Č̣eȟeṭi |
| Laz | lzz | ჩეკია / Çek’ia | Çek’ia |
| Hindi | hin | चेक | Ček |
| Nepali | nep | चेक | Cek |
| Bengali | ben | চেক | Ček |
| Gujarati | guj | ચૅક | Čĕk |
| Odia | ori | ଚେକ | Ček |
| Punjabi | pan | ਚੈਕ | Čæk |
| Sinhala | sin | චෙක් | Ček |
| Kannada | kan | ಚೆಕ್ | Ček |
| Malayalam | mal | ചെക്ൿ | Čekk |
| Tamil | tam | செக் | Cek |
| Telugu | tel | చెక్ | Ček |
| Chinese | zho | 捷克 | Jiékè |
| Cantonese | yue | 捷克 | Jithāk |
| Japanese | jpn | チェコ | Cheko |
| Korean | kor | 체코 | Cheko |
| Tibetan | bod | ཅེ་ཁེ། | Če.kʰe |
| Dzongkha | dzo | ཅེཀ། | Ček |
| Burmese | mya | ချက် | Čeʿ |
| Thai | tha | เช็ก, เช็ค | Čʰek, Čʰek |
| Lao | lao | ເຊັກກີ | Sekkī |
| Khmer | khm | ឆេក, ឆែក | Čʰek, Čʰæk |
Czechia, Tschechien, Chequia: how languages spell the č
The Czech government approved Česko and Czechia as the short name on 2 May 2016, and ISO 3166-1 changed the English short name to Czechia with effect from 17 May 2016; the full name stays Czech Republic, Česká republika in Czech. Czech and Slovak both say Česko, and most other names render its first sound, the č, in their own spelling.
German and four related languages write Tsch, as in Tschechien; Dutch has Tsjechië, Danish Tjekkiet and Swedish Tjeckien. French gives Tchéquie, Catalan and Basque tx (Txèquia, Txekia), Spanish and Asturian Chequia, Italian and Latin Cechia. Slavic neighbours keep the č: Croatian and Slovenian Češka, Lower Sorbian Česka, Upper Sorbian Čěska, Latvian Čehija. Polish and Silesian write Czechy, a plural form.
Hungarian stands apart with Csehország, built with ország, country. Icelandic says Tékkland and Faroese Kekkia, Māori Taika and Vietnamese Séc. In the Cyrillic alphabet the name is almost always Чехия (Čeȟija), shared by Russian, Bulgarian and many languages of Russia.
Prague (Praha) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French | eng / fra | Prague | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Catalan, Corsican, Kashubian, Basque, Galician, Interlingua, Italian, Latin, Maltese, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Aromanian, Sicilian, Slovenian, Spanish, Albanian, Silesian, Tetum, Tagalog | arg / ast / cat / cos / csb / eus / glg / ina / ita / lat / mlt / oci / pol / por / ron / rup / scn / slv / spa / sqi / szl / tet / tgl | Praga | same as written |
| Welsh, Danish, Croatian, Icelandic, Kurmanji Kurdish, Swedish, Turkish, Zazaki, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | cym / dan / hrv / isl / kur / swe / tur / zza / deu / ltz / nds | Prag | same as written |
| Czech, Lithuanian, Slovak, Samogitian | ces / lit / slk / smg | Praha | same as written |
| West Frisian, Manx, Limburgish, Dutch | fry / glv / lim / nld | Praag | same as written |
| Moldovan, Slovio, Turkmen | mol / slo / tuk | Praga / Прага | Praga |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Praqa / Прага | Praqa |
| Bosnian | bos | Prag / Праг / پراغ | Prag |
| Esperanto | epo | Prago | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Praghe | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Pràg | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Prág | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Prága | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Prāga | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Prague / ڤراݢ | Prague |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Praga / प्रागा | Praga |
| Somali | som | Braga | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Praga / Прага / پرەگە | Praga |
| Vietnamese | vie | Pra-ha | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic, Bulgarian, Russian | chu / bul / rus | Прага | Praga |
| Bashkir | bak | Прага / Praga | Praga |
| Belarusian | bel | Прага / Praha | Praha |
| Chuvash | chv | Прагӑ | Pragă |
| Kazakh, Kyrgyz | kaz / kir | Прага / پراگا / Praga | Praga |
| Kabardian | kbd | Прагэ | Pragă |
| Mongolian | mon | Праг | Prag |
| Ossetian | oss | Прагӕ | Pragä |
| Serbian | srp | Праг / Prag | Prag |
| Tatar | tat | Прага / Praga / پراگا | Praga |
| Tajik | tgk | Прага / پرگه / Praga | Praga |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Праґа | Praga |
| Arabic | ara | براغ, براج | Birāġ, Birāg |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | پراقا / Praqa | Praqa |
| Persian | fas | پراگ / Parâg | Parâg |
| Western Punjabi, Urdu | pnb / urd | پراگ | Prāg |
| Pashto | pus | پراګ | Prāg |
| Uyghur | uig | پراگا / Praga / Прага | Praga |
| Syriac | syr | ܦܪܐܓ | Prāg |
| Hebrew | heb | פראג | Prāg |
| Yiddish | yid | פּראָג | Prog |
| Amharic | amh | ፕራግ | Prag |
| Greek | ell | Πράγα | Prága |
| Armenian | hye | Պրագա | Praga |
| Georgian | kat | პრაღა, პრაგა | Praġa, Praga |
| Hindi | hin | प्राग | Prāg |
| Bengali | ben | প্রাগ | Prāg |
| Punjabi | pan | ਪਰਾਗ | Prāg |
| Kannada | kan | ಪ್ರಾಗ್ | Prāg |
| Malayalam | mal | പ്രാഗ് | Prāg |
| Tamil | tam | பிரேக், பிரேகு, பிராக், ப்ராக் | Pirēk, Pirēku, Pirāk, Prāk |
| Telugu | tel | ప్రాగ్ | Prāg |
| Chinese | zho | 布拉格 | Bùlāgé |
| Japanese | jpn | プラハ, プラーグ | Puraha, Purāgu |
| Korean | kor | 프라하 | Peuraha |
| Tibetan | bod | པུ་ལ་ཁེ། | Pu.la.kʰe |
| Thai | tha | ปราก | Prāk |
| Khmer | khm | ប្រាក | Brāk |
The 14 regions (kraje) of Czechia
Czechia has 13 regions (kraje) and the capital city of Prague with the same rank. The table gives the Czech name, the ISO 3166-2 code with the former letter code beneath, and the regional capital.
| ISO 3166-2 | Czech | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regions14 | ||||
| CZ-31was CZ-JC | Jihočeský kraj | South Bohemian Region | České BudějoviceČeské Budějovice | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-64was CZ-JM | Jihomoravský kraj | South Moravian Region | BrnoBrno | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-41was CZ-KA | Karlovarský kraj | Karlovy Vary Region | Karlovy VaryKarlovy Vary | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-52was CZ-KR | Královéhradecký kraj | Hradec Králové Region | Hradec KrálovéHradec Králové | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-51was CZ-LI | Liberecký kraj | Liberec Region | LiberecLiberec | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-80was CZ-MO | Moravskoslezský kraj | Moravian-Silesian Region | OstravaOstrava | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-71was CZ-OL | Olomoucký kraj | Olomouc Region | OlomoucOlomouc | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-53was CZ-PA | Pardubický kraj | Pardubice Region | PardubicePardubice | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-32was CZ-PL | Plzeňský kraj | Plzeň Region | PlzeňPlzeň | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-10was CZ-PR | Hlavní město Praha | Prague, the capital city | PrahaPrague | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-20was CZ-ST | Středočeský kraj | Central Bohemian Region | PrahaPrague | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-42was CZ-US | Ústecký kraj | Ústí nad Labem Region | Ústí nad LabemÚstí nad Labem | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-63was CZ-VY | Kraj Vysočina | Vysočina Region | JihlavaJihlava | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
| CZ-72was CZ-ZL | Zlínský kraj | Zlín Region | ZlínZlín | 2016 Letter code replaced by a number |
Codes: ISO 3166-2:CZ on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from the English Wikipedia table that reproduces it on 28 October 2026, including the change of 15 November 2016. Czech names and capitals: the 2017 edition of this list. English names follow common usage.
From letter codes to numbers in 2016
Until November 2016 the regions had two-letter codes taken from their names, CZ-JC for Jihočeský kraj or CZ-ZL for Zlínský kraj. The change of 15 November 2016 replaced them with numbers: Prague became CZ-10, Central Bohemia CZ-20, and the other regions run from CZ-31 to CZ-80. The first digit of the number also opens the codes of the districts in each region, so Brno-město is CZ-642 inside South Moravia (CZ-64).
Most regional names are adjectives formed from the capital: Plzeňský kraj from Plzeň, Olomoucký kraj from Olomouc. Kraj Vysočina breaks the pattern with Jihlava as its seat, and the Central Bohemian Region is administered from Prague although Prague is not part of it.
Czech towns and their German names
| Czech | German |
|---|---|
| Brno | Brünn |
| České Budějovice | Budweis |
| Hradec Králové | Königgrätz |
| Jihlava | Iglau |
| Karlovy Vary | Karlsbad |
| Liberec | Reichenberg |
| Olomouc | Olmütz |
| Ostrava | Ostrau |
| Pardubice | Pardubitz |
| Plzeň | Pilsen |
| Ústí nad Labem | Aussig |
Kde domov můj?, the national anthem
The anthem of the Czech Republic in Czech, the two stanzas of the original text.
- Kde domov můj, / kde domov můj? / Voda hučí po lučinách, / bory šumí po skalinách, / v sadě skví se jara květ, / zemský ráj to na pohled! / A to je ta krásná země, / země česká, domov můj, / země česká, domov můj!
- Kde domov můj, / kde domov můj? / V kraji znáš-li Bohu milém, / duše útlé v těle čilém, / mysl jasnou, vznik a zdar, / a tu sílu vzdoru zmar? / To je Čechů slavné plémě, / mezi Čechy domov můj, / mezi Čechy domov můj!
Questions about the name Czechia
Is Czechia the official name?
Czechia is the short name in ISO 3166-1 with effect from 17 May 2016, following the Czech government decision of 2 May 2016. The full official name remains the Czech Republic, Česká republika.
What are the ISO codes of Czechia?
CZ (alpha-2), CZE (alpha-3) and 203 (numeric). The regions have codes from CZ-10 (Prague) to CZ-80 (Moravian-Silesian Region).
What is the German name of Plzeň?
Pilsen. Brno is Brünn in German, České Budějovice Budweis and Karlovy Vary Karlsbad.