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Zdenek
Zdenek Zdeněk is one of the most distinctly Czech of all masculine names — its combination of sounds virtually impossible in other languages, its usage entirely confined to the Czech Republic and its diaspora. Characters with this name carry an unambiguous cultural identity: they are Czech to their core, shaped by Bohemia's particular history of resilience and irony.
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