Moravia, Moravian — Czech analogy

[Lucus Eques]

The school I'll be teaching at this year is called Moravian Academy — Bethlehem was settled first by Moravians — and I am seeking the proper Latin translation, as this will undoubtedly come up in class. Could it be Academia Morava ?

Moravia the region is named after the Morava River. This is as far back as I could go in my search for an etymology. The Czech name for Moravia is Morava, and I assume also the Czech name for the river. I don't know any Czech, but my Russian dictionary reminds me that река, vel riká, is feminine, and thus Морава? Река makes sense as the Russian form. If "river" is also feminine in Czech, and assuming a similar gender agreement pattern, then "Morava" may well be an adjective, nominative feminine singular. Would that then permit "Moravus, -a, -um" as our Latin version?

Anyone who knows Czech would definitely help.

It certainly fits Italus, Italia; Gallus, Gallia.

Quid putatis?

[adrianus]

Salve Luce
An extract from Orbis Latinus, Graesse, 1972
Ecce pars paginae ex libro Orbis Latinus nomine.
Morava fluvius, Mara, Maraha, Marcha, marchia, Marchus, Maricha, Marowa, Marus, Moravus: March (Morava) Fluvius
Moravia, Moraviensis, Muraviensi, Murravia: Moray, das Gebiet (eh. Provinz) sdl. des Moray Firth
Moravia sinus, Murefensis sinus, Tuaesis aestuarium

Vide http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html