Breza (the word for
birch
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in several
Slavic languages
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) may refer to:
Places
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Breza, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Breza ( sr-cyrl, Бреза) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is famous for mining ...
, a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Breza, Smolyan Province in
Rudozem Municipality, Bulgaria
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Breza, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, a village near Bjelovar, Croatia
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Breza, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Breza is a settlement in the Municipality of Klana in Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwes ...
, a village near Klana, Croatia
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Breza, Kolašin, a village in Montenegro
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Breza (Sjenica), a village in Serbia
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Breza, Slovakia
Breza is a village and municipality in Námestovo District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1580.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 668 metres and cove ...
, a village near Námestovo, Slovakia
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Breza, Trebnje, a village in the Municipality of Trebnje, southeastern Slovenia
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Mala Breza, a village in the Municipality of Laško, eastern Slovenia
People
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Emily Breza
Emily Louise Breza is an American development economist currently serving as the Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics at Harvard University. She is a board member at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, and an affiliated researcher at t ...
, American development economist
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Paul Breza (1937–2025), American Roman Catholic priest and Kashubian American activist
Other
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''Breza'' (film), 1967 Yugoslav film
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