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Jablonec nad Nisou

Jablonec nad Nisou (yä'blônets nät ni'sôoo) [key], Ger. Gablonz, city (1991 pop. 45,937), N central Czech Republic, in Bohemia, on the Lausitzer Neisse. It produces high-quality glassware, jewelry, and ornaments. The city has a 14th-century Gothic church.

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