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    Orava is the traditional name of a region situated in northern Slovakia (as Orava) and partially also in southern Poland (as Orawa). It encompasses the...
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  • Look up orava in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orava or Orawa may refer to: Orava (region), a region in Slovakia and Poland Orava (river) in Slovakia...
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    Orava Castle (Slovak: Oravský hrad, German: Arwaburg, Hungarian: Árva vára) is a castle situated on a high rock above Orava river in the village of Oravský...
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    Árva County (redirect from Orava county)
    used as an informal designation of the corresponding territory (see Orava region). Between 1804-1854 and 1860-1920, Árva County shared borders with Austrian...
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    vrchy, Kysuce and Horná Orava. The region borders Prešov Region in the east, Banská Bystrica Region in the south, Trenčín Region in the south-west and west...
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    type of semi-hard or medium hard string cheese. It originates from the Orava region of northern Slovakia and South Poland as well as many other Goralic Regions...
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    northern Slovakia in the Žilina Region. It is the historical capital and the largest settlement of the Orava region. The name is derived from the archaic...
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    traditional informal name of a region in north-western Slovakia, situated around the Kysuca river and bordering the Orava region in the east, Poland in the...
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    & Karaska, D. (2010). The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) diet in the Orava Region (N Slovakia). Raptor Journal, 4(1), 83-98. Hume, R. (1991). Owls of the...
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  • Istebné, in Orava region in Slovakia, is Slovakia’s largest ferroalloy manufacturer. OFZ stands for Oravské Ferozliatinové Závody (Orava Ferroalloy Industries)...
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    The Orava Magura (Slovak: Oravská Magura, Hungarian: Árvai-Magura) is a mountain range in the Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia. The range is...
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  • composed of three main regions: Flemish Region (Flanders), Walloon Region (Wallonia), and Brussels-Capital Region. Flanders has a Dutch-language tradition...
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    states. The conflicts centered on the disputed areas of Cieszyn Silesia, Orava Territory and Spiš. After World War II they broadened to include areas around...
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    haruľa in the Horehronie, Pohronie, Kysuce regions or baba, babka in the Orava region Granatiersky pochod or granadír, also known as granadírmarš and grenadírmarš...
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    It is situated in the Námestovo and Tvrdošín districts, within the Orava region. The park was created on 24 September 1979 and the law creating it was...
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    & Karaska, D. (2010). The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) diet in the Orava Region (N Slovakia) . Slovak Raptor Journal, 4, 83-98. CRC Handbook of Avian...
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    hard string cheese interwoven into fine braids. It originates from the Orava region of northern Slovakia. The two main variants of Korbáčik are smoked and...
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    from 1973 to 1994 is as of 2006 is estimated at 1400-2500 pairs. In the Orava region of Slovakia, the population may have increased fivefold during the above...
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    The Orava Highlands (in Slovak, Oravská vrchovina) is a range of small mountains in the Žilina Region of north central Slovakia, part of the Outer Western...
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    the biggest village in the Orava region in the northern part of Slovakia. Zákamenné lies in the north-western part of Orava. It belongs to the protected...
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    church dedicated to Sts. Cosmas and Damian, near Sedliacka Dubová in Orava region of Slovakia. Project started in 1998 as a sister project of Katarínka...
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    Republic 1992–1994: Chairman of KDH (Christian Democratic Movement) (Orava region) 1994–1998: Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for...
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  • Ján Herkeľ Born 1786 Vavrečka, Orava region, Kingdom of Hungary in present day Slovakia Died 1853 Budapest...
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    Žilina (category Žilina Region)
    mountains. Other locations of interest include Bojnice Castle, Strečno, Orava region, and the villages of Čičmany and Vlkolínec. Žilina is candidate city...
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    tourism and the popular Polish-Slovak border crossing to Suchá Hora in the Orava region. Chochołów is a village comprised almost exclusively of the heritage...
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    St Emeric of Hungary Church, Čimhová (category Churches in Žilina Region)
    churches of Orava region and has played an important role in its religious history. An example of rural Baroque structures of the region, it contains...
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    situated in the Tvrdošín District of the Žilina Region. Historically, it was part of the Orava region. The village lies at an altitude of 760 metres,...
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    publication of the Slavonic Evangelical Union of America. Gessay, born in the Orava region, Slovakia to a peasant family, became a school teacher before emigrating...
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    Zázrivá (category Žilina Region geography stubs)
    municipality in Dolný Kubín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. It is located in the Orava region, around 35 km from Žilina and 20 km from Dolný...
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  • Cavan, Ireland Arva River, tributary of the Milcov River in Romania Orava (region) (Hungarian Árva), in Slovakia and Poland Aladangady or Arva, Karnataka...
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