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Prague

Prague (Praha), capital and largest city of Czechia on the Vltava, 1.4 million residents, GDP per capita 192% of EU average, record 8.08 million tourists in 2024, 65 km metro, UNESCO historic core.

Prague astronomical clock

The Prague astronomical clock, or Prague Orloj, is a medieval astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall tower in Prague's Old Town Square, installed in 1410 and still running its original mechanism.

Prague Castle (Pražský hrad), founded around 880 by Prince Bořivoj, is a 45-hectare presidential seat and National Cultural Monument No. 1, the largest coherent castle complex per Guinness, with St. Vitus Cathedral completed in 1929.

Prague German literature

Prague German literature (Prager deutsche Literatur) is literature written in German by authors connected with Prague, its classic period running from 1894 to 1939 and including Franz Kafka and Max Brod.

Prague slave trade

Prague slave trade: early medieval slave market at Prague, 9th-11th centuries, documented by Ibrahim ibn Yakub and the Raffelstetten toll regulations; Jewish and Muslim merchants bought slaves, furs, and tin for Byzantine and Islamic markets.

Prague Slavic Congress

The Prague Slavic Congress, Czech Slovanský sjezd, was an 1848 meeting of Slavic delegates from the Habsburg monarchy in Prague, chaired by František Palacký and ended by the June uprising.

Prague Spring

Prague Spring: 1968 reform period in communist Czechoslovakia under Alexander Dubček, "socialism with a human face," ended by the Warsaw Pact invasion of 20–21 August 1968 and normalization under Gustáv Husák.

Prague uprising

Pražské povstání, the Prague Uprising of 5–9 May 1945, was the last major WWII uprising in Europe: Czech police, civilians, and Vlasov's ROA fought German forces, negotiated a surrender, and the Red Army entered Prague on 9 May.

Prague water-supply aqueducts

Prague's water-supply aqueducts are the conveyance lines built to bring drinking water to Prague, chiefly the 23 km Káraný pressure pipeline, officially opened in 1914.

PRAGUE-17 trial

PRAGUE-17 (NCT02426944), a Czech randomized noninferiority trial, was the first to compare left atrial appendage closure (Amulet, Watchman) with DOACs, mostly apixaban, in 402 high-risk atrial fibrillation patients, meeting noninferiority for its composite endpoint.

Pragya Jaiswal (प्रज्ञा जायसवाल)

Pragya Jaiswal (प्रज्ञा जायसवाल), Indian actress born 1991 in Jabalpur, works mainly in Telugu cinema. Won Filmfare South Best Female Debut for Kanche (2015); starred in Akhanda, Khel Khel Mein, and Daaku Maharaaj.

Pragya Singh Thakur (प्रज्ञा सिंह ठाकुर)

Pragya Singh Thakur (प्रज्ञा सिंह ठाकुर), Sadhvi Pragya, BJP politician: Bhopal MP 2019-2024 who defeated Digvijaya Singh; Malegaon 2008 blast accused, bailed 2017, acquitted 31 July 2025; Godse remark controversies; denied 2024 ticket.

Oct 15, 2026

Pragyan (rover)

Pragyan, Sanskrit for "wisdom," is a 26 kg, six-wheeled, solar-powered lunar rover built by ISRO and carried to the Moon's south polar region by Chandrayaan-3 in 2023.

Pragyan Ojha

Pragyan Ojha (Pragyan Prayash Ojha), Indian left-arm orthodox spinner born 1986 in Bhubaneswar; 24 Tests, 113 wickets at 30.26, Purple Cap 2010, 10/89 in Tendulkar's 2013 farewell Test, barred 2014 for suspect action, retired 2020.

Oct 3, 2026

Prahaar

Prahaar (प्रहार), also Prahaar: The Final Attack, is Nana Patekar's 1991 Hindi directorial debut about Major Chauhan; Patekar trained three years with the Maratha Light Infantry, distinct from the 2026 Ujjwal Nikam film.

Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam

Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam (प्रहार...), also registered as Prahaar – The Ujjwal Nikam Story, is a 2026 Hindi courtroom biopic directed by Avinash Arun, starring Rajkummar Rao as prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, released 16 October 2026.

Prahasana

Prahasana (प्रहसन) is a comic genre of classical Sanskrit drama, often translated as farce, one of the ten rūpakas, that satirizes social hypocrisy to make spectators laugh.

Prahelika

Prahelika (प्रहेलिका) is the Sanskrit term for a riddle in verse whose true subject hides behind a surface meaning, treated by Dandin and ancestral to the Hindi word paheli.

Prahlad Jani (પ્રહલાદ જાની)

Prahlad Jani, known as Chunriwala Mataji, was an Indian ascetic at Ambaji, Gujarat, who claimed to have lived without food or water for decades; hospital studies never verified it.

Sep 27, 2026

Prahlad Singh Patel

Prahlad Singh Patel, born 1960, is an Indian BJP politician serving as a Madhya Pradesh minister and elected five times to the Lok Sabha.

Prahlada (प्रह्लाद)

Prahlada (प्रह्लाद), Hindu mythological devotee, son of demon-king Hiranyakashipu, protected by Vishnu's avatar Narasimha; told in Bhagavata Purana book 7 and performed in Odisha's Prahlada Nataka and Tamil Bhagavata Mela traditions.

Prahlada Nataka

Prahlada Nataka, also called Raja Nata, is a musical folk theater form from southern Odisha, India, that enacts the devotee Prahlada's rescue by the god Narasimha.

Prahok (ព្រហុក)

Prahok (ព្រហុក, prâhŏk) is Cambodia's salted fermented fish paste, made mainly from small trey riel fish, fermented months in salt; the protein staple and umami base of Khmer cuisine.

Prahova

Prahova (Județul Prahova) is a Romanian county on the southern Carpathian slopes, capital Ploiești, 683,460 residents (2026, 4th of 42), 4,716 km², historic center of the Romanian oil industry and Prahova Valley tourism.

Oct 15, 2026

Prai (TNB) power station

Prai (TNB) power station is a 1,071 MW combined-cycle gas turbine plant in Prai, Penang, Malaysia, owned by Tenaga Nasional Berhad and fully commissioned in 2016.

Praia

Praia is the capital and largest city of Cabo Verde, on Santiago island's southern coast. Settled from 1615 on the Plateau, colonial capital from 1770, city from 1858, national capital since 1975, with rapid post-independence urban growth.

Oct 20, 2026

Praia da Arda

Praia da Arda (Praia do Bico, Praia da Mariana) is a surf beach in Afife, Viana do Castelo, northern Portugal: about 1 km of quartz sand behind dunes, Blue Flag since 1996, 15-16 °C summer water, and a beach break hosting the Luso Galaico and Viana Surf City Festival.

Praia da Armacao

Praia da Armação names two Brazilian beaches: one on Ilhabela's north coast, a sailing and kitesurfing hub with a 1732/1734 whaling station and Capela Imaculada Conceição; one in Florianópolis (Armação do Pântano do Sul), a 3.2 km surf and artisanal-fishing beach with a 1772 whaling station and Igreja de Sant'Anna.

Praia da Baia

Praia da Baía (Baia Beach), Espinho, Portugal: urban beach enclosed by two stone breakwaters, the city's most frequented, a top northern Portugal surf wave hosting World Surfing League events.