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USK Praha

USK Praha, , formerly known as Slavia VŠ Praha (Czech: Slavia Vysoké Školy Praha), is a Czech professional basketball club that was founded in 1953 in the city of Prague. USK Praha plays in the NBL, the highest competition in the Czech Republic.

Opava
Opava

Opava ; German: Troppau, Lower Silesian: Tropp, Polish: Opawa, Latin: Oppavia) is a city in the eastern Czech Republic on the river Opava, located to the north-west of Ostrava. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia.

Opava (river)
Opava (river)

The Opava is a river in the north-eastern Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Oder river. It originates at the confluence of Bílá (White), Střední (Middle) and Černá (Black) Opava in Vrbno pod Pradědem and runs over 110 km (69 mi) to the Oder at Ostrava, with some 25 km (16 mi) forming the border with Poland.

Opava (disambiguation)

Opava is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic.

Opava, Veľký Krtíš District
Opava, Veľký Krtíš District

Opava is a village and municipality in the Veľký Krtíš District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.

Opava District
Opava District

Opava District is a district (okres) within Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Opava.

Synagogue in Opava
Synagogue in Opava

The Opava Synagogue, or Templ, was a neo-Romanesque synagogue built in the Moorish style and designed by the prominent architect Jakob Gartner. It stood in the Silesian town of Opava between 1895 and 1938, when it was burned and levelled to the ground by the local fanaticized Sudeten Germans.

Orava Beskids
Orava Beskids

The Orava Beskids is a range of mountains straddling the northern-Slovakia-southern-Poland border, considered part of the Central Beskids, within the Outer Western Carpathians. The highest mountain of the range is Babia Góra (1,725 metres), the center of the Babia Góra National Park, one of the first biosphere reserves established worldwide.

Okavango Delta
Okavango Delta

The Okavango Delta (formerly spelled "Okovango" or "Okovanggo") in Botswana is a swampy inland delta formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough in the central part of the endorheic basin of the Kalahari. All the water reaching the delta is ultimately evaporated and transpired and does not flow into any sea or ocean.

Opanak
Opanak

Opanci are traditional peasant shoes worn in Southeastern Europe . The attributes of the Opanci (name in plural) are: a construction of leather, lack of laces, durable, and various ending on toes.

Opata

The Opata are three indigenous peoples of Mexico. Opata territory, the “Opatería” in Spanish, encompasses the mountainous northeast and central part of the state of Sonora, extending to near the border with the United States.

Opana Radar Site
Opana Radar Site

The Opana Radar Site is a National Historic Landmark and IEEE Milestone that commemorates the first operational use of radar by the United States in wartime, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is located off the Kamehameha Highway just inland from the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, south of Kawela Bay.