The New International Encyclopædia/Smichow

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SMICHOW, smē̇ᴋ′ō̇v. A town of Bohemia, Austria, on the river Moldau, opposite Prague, of which city it is an important suburb, and with which it is connected by the Palaky Bridge. The town contains a new municipal building and a botanical garden. There are a large wagon factory, rattan furniture factories, chocolate and confectionery establishments, and flour mills. Population, in 1900, 47.135, mostly Czechs.