We say “France” and not “the French republic”; Ireland and not “the Irish republic”. So why “the Czech republic” rather than “Czechia” or “Czecho” or some other short name?
Tony Greenfield,
Little Hucklow, Derbyshire
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P. Auger,
Norwich
Has football become a new religion in this country?
Bernard Parke,
Guildford