CZECHS, or phonetically T cltekhz, a large branch of the Slavonic race, which includes the Bohemians or Czechs proper, the Hannacks or Moravians, and the Slovacks. Besides forming the predominant element iu Bohemia and Moravia, where they are estimated respectively at 2,930,000 and 1,352,000, they contribute 614,000 to the population of Hungary, where they are mainly settled on the N.W. frontiers, 93,000 to Austrian Silesia, 60,000 to Prussian Silesia, and a considerable percentage to Austria proper, Bukowina, and Slavonia. See BOHEMIA.