Czechs

West Slavic ethnic group and nation
Person ethnic_group Q170217
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Summary

Czechs is an ethnic group[1]. They ranks in the top 4% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,041 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Czech Republic[3]
  • Native language: Czech[4]
  • Religion or worldview: Catholicism[5], Protestantism[6], Hussites[7], Eastern Orthodoxy[8]
  • Instance of: people[9], human population[10]
  • Part of: West Slavs[11]
  • Commons category: Czechs[12]
  • Has part(s): Silesians[13], Moravians[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Czechs[15]
  • Described by source: Vlastenský slovník historický[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], The New Student's Reference Work[22]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Czech[23], Slovak[24]
  • Native label: Češi[25]
  • Different from: Czechoslovaks[26], Czechs[27]
  • Studied by: Czech studies[28]
  • P14541: 48EHJx[29]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Czechs include Czech Republic[30], a country[31], in Czech Republic[32], founded in 1993[33].

Why It Matters

Czechs has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] They is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for them include Czech Republic[30], a country[31], in Czech Republic[32], founded in 1993[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . cia.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . The World Factbook. Retrieved . cia.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'av', 'az', 'azb', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bew',
    Gnd id → 4061083-4
    Wikidata description → West Slavic ethnic group and nation
    Sitelink count → 89
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 4w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM252989
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM252989, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  3. 6w ago · Mapenite · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of latvia id → 000156615
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of latvia id: 000156615"
  4. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → czech, czechs
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: czechs, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289924214|czechs (#289924214)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  5. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 48EHJx
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → czech, czechs
    Wikidata description → West Slavic ethnic group and nation
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: czech, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289924207|czech (#289924207)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  7. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004921-cesi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004921-cesi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  8. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → West Slavs
    Country of citizenship → Czech Republic
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Czechoslovaks, Czechs, Czechs
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 38379, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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