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The Czech Republic is about to get a short name so it has an time at home and around the world. It wants to be known by the 'Czechia' instead of the adjective 'Czech'. The government says this name will avoid over what to call the country. Czechs are tired of being incorrectly called by names as Czecho or Czechland. The office said: "Our hope is that this step will overcome the we face with distorting the name." It hopes 'Czechia' will become general knowledge. The government will seek a change at the United Nations.

The Czech Republic said it is following the of other countries around the world. A spokesman said the Commonwealth of Australia and the Republic of France are called Australia and France. The of the -word name, 'the Czech Republic,' is already shortened. A leading maker has a label that says its is brewed in 'Czech'. Some sports teams just put two words on their - 'Czech Republic'. The Czech foreign minister said the name 'Czechia' is not widely . He said there seems to be no other .

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