
This picture is a freakin' winner.
Czech
As of yet there's just not as much work put into these Czech names as the Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese names. I suppose after a long time passes new names will evolve, one definitely starts developing ideas for place names as one goes along with one's studies. Western place names are "place holders" that sometimes are interesting, and provide a workable phonetic translation product.
It's difficult but not impossible to find some productive thread of meaning in these translations, its difficult but not impossible to produce some kind of readable English expresssion, of the Chinese translation, of the Czech name. And it certainly is difficult to compile this list without it seeming very arbitrarily composed.
Regions
布拉格(Prague,首都) Imagine yourself at the market
中波希米亚州(Středočeský kraj) The comic situation of leaving the house and then worrying if one has left on the computer
南波希米亚州(Jihočeský kraj) Same
比尔森州(Plzeňský kraj) Same; 10/10 = 1/1
卡罗维发利州(Karlovarský kraj)"Don't worry, honey, we can put the extra .001 cent of electricity on our credit card"
拉贝河畔乌斯季州(Ústecký kraj) "Yes, but what if we make a habit of it?"
利贝雷茨州(Liberecký kraj) "We can worry about that some other time."
赫拉德茨-克拉洛韦州(Královéhradecký kraj) Red Red Wine, I'm Mad About You (Belinda Carlisle), Hey Ya!, Walk Like an Egyptian, material which has value at every level of the music spectrum. "That song is so good in an AM kind of way, and yet it still has punk, hip hop or reggae credentials!"
帕尔杜比采州(Pardubický kraj) If one is having trouble with one's chodor, one could print some cloth with rad designs, rai motifs or some deep pleasing color
维索基纳州(Vysočina)Gregor Mandel is Czech
南摩拉维亚州(Jihomoravský kraj) South Moravia
奥洛穆茨州(Olomoucký kraj) A lead up to a good punchline or conclusion, as in a joke, anecdote or mildly scary story
兹林州(Zlínský kraj kraj) A good punchline; a deep magnetic forest
摩拉维亚-西里西亚州(Moravskoslezský kraj)Moravia-Silesia
Cities
Brno: Squall at the market
Many Czech cities' names are part of the names of their respective regions.


Kampong Speu is located near the ocean.
Brno has made me thoughtfult. "Squall at the market" is quite a concept, it led me to google "floating village" where I found a nice video of a trip to a town in Tonle Sap in Chinese Yahoo. This waterworld looks a lot like the landworld near it and there is an airconditioned church. The name of the video is 'Chong Khneas Floating Village on Tonie Sap Lake near Siem Reap Cambodia'.

As far as Czech is concerned, the national football team has been doing quite well, soccer and UEFA are not well-covered on ESPN and on national sports radio, it brings up a little-known aspect of Confucianism, "Geopolitical Confucianism", wherein we as European-Americans are supposed to pay attention to our ancestors across the pond. Given all the events of the last 100 years, it would be a good idea to do so. One gains merit in the act of watching sports. Perfectly amazing.
http://www.uefa.com/