Brno

Brno - SE Czech Republic, at the confluence of the Svratka and Svitava rivers. It is the second largest city of the Czech Republic and the chief city of Moravia, Czech Morava, Ger. Mähren, region in the E Czech Republic . The region is bordered on the W by Bohemia, on the E by the Little and White Carpathian Mts.

Brno is an industrial center known for its international trade fairs and for its textile and metal manufactures. The famous Bren gun, later made in Enfield, England, was developed in Brno. Tourism is also economically important.