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It means "new." It's referenced here to explain the origins of a few Czech surnames (Novak, etc):

http://surnames.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=Czech+Slovak&title=Czech+and+Slovak+Names&usage=yes&operator=orm

And also here:

http://members.tripod.com/~zlimpkk/Genealogy/czechsurnames.html

You can also just do a search for the word 'novy' here, to get a broad idea of its usage (I assume it's accurate as I don't know Czech):

http://www.slovnik.cz/

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• Novy - A  Feb 23 2008, 8:34:53 AM
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