Slovakia

Slovakia

See also: slovakia, Slovákia, and Slóvakía

English

Etymology

First attested to in German in 1586, itself apparently derived from Slovak Slováky,[1] equivalent to English Slovak + -ia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sləʊˈvæ.ki.ə/, /sləʊˈvɑː.ki.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sloʊˈvɑ.ki.ə/, /sloʊˈvæ.ki.ə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ækiə, -ɑːkiə

Proper noun

Slovakia

1. A country in Central Europe. Official name: Slovak Republic

Translations

Slovakia

Abkhaz: Словактәыла (Slovakʼtʷʼəla), Словакиа (Slovakʼja) Afrikaans: Slowakye Akan: Slowakia Albanian: Sllovaki f (indefinite), Sllovakia (sq) f (definite) Amharic: ስሎቫኪያ (səlovakiya) Arabic: سْلُوفَاكِيَا‎ f (slovākiyā) Hijazi Arabic: سلوفاكيا‎ f (slōfākya), سلوڤاكيا‎ f (slōvākya) Armenian: Սլովակիա (hy) (Slovakia) Aromanian: Sluvakii f (indefinite), Sluvakia (definite) Asturian: Eslovaquia (ast) f Azerbaijani: Slovakiya (az) Bashkir: Словакия (Slovakiya) Basque: Eslovakia (eu) Bavarian: Slowàkai Belarusian: Слава́кія f (Slavákija), Слава́ччына f (Slaváččyna) (Taraškievica) Bengali: স্লোভাকিয়া (bn) (slobhakiya) Breton: Slovakia (br) Bulgarian: Слова́кия (bg) f (Slovákija) Burmese: ဆလိုဗားကီးယား (hca.luiba:ki:ya:) Catalan: Eslovàquia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 斯洛伐克 (zh) (Sīluòfákè) Crimean Tatar: Slovakiya Czech: Slovensko (cs) n Danish: Slovakiet (da) n Dhivehi: ސުލޮވާކިއާ‎ (dv) (sulovākiā) Dutch: Slowakije (nl) n, Slovakije n Esperanto: Slovakio, Slovakujo Estonian: Slovakkia (et) Farefare: Solovakgo, Solvakgo Faroese: Slovakia f or n Finnish: Slovakia (fi) French: Slovaquie (fr) f Friulian: Slovachie f Gagauz: Slovakiya Galician: Eslovaquia (gl) f Georgian: სლოვაკეთი (ka) (slovaḳeti) German: Slowakei (de) f Greek: Σλοβακία (el) f (Slovakía) Hausa: Sulobakiya Hawaiian: Solowakia Hebrew: סְלוֹבַקְיָה‎ (he) f (slovakiya) Hindi: स्लोवाकिया (hi) (slovākiyā) Hungarian: Szlovákia (hu) Icelandic: Slóvakía (is) f Ido: Slovakia (io) Indonesian: Slowakia (id) Irish: An tSlóvaic f, Poblacht na Slóvaice f Italian: Slovacchia (it) f Japanese: スロヴァキア (ja) (Surovakia), スロバキア (ja) (Surobakia) Kazakh: Словакия (Slovakiä) Khmer: ស្លូវ៉ាគី (slouvaakii) Korean: 슬로바키아 (ko) (Seullobakia) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Slovakya (ku) f Kven: Slovakia Kyrgyz: Словакия (Slovakiya) Lao: ສະໂລວາກີ (lo) (sa lō wā kī) Latvian: Slovākija (lv) f Lithuanian: Slovakija (lt) f Macedonian: Словачка (mk) f (Slovačka), Словакија (mk) f (Slovakija) Malay: Slovakia Maltese: is-Slovakja f Maori: Horowākia Mongolian: Cyrillic: Словак (Slovak) Navajo: Słóbaʼ bikéyah Norman: Slovaquie f Northern Sami: Slovakia Norwegian: Bokmål: Slovakia (no) n Nynorsk: Slovakia (nn) n Occitan: Eslovaquia (oc) f Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: Словѣньско n (Slověnĭsko) Pashto: سلواکيا‎ f (salwākyā) Persian: اسلواکی‎ (fa) (eslovâki) Polish: Słowacja (pl) f Portuguese: Eslováquia (pt) Quechua: Isluwakya Romanian: Slovacia (ro) f Russian: Слова́кия (ru) f (Slovákija) Rusyn: Словеньско n (Slovenʹsko) Scottish Gaelic: An t-Slòbhac Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Сло̀ва̄чка f Roman: Slòvāčkā (sh) f Shan: မိူင်းသလူဝ်ႇဝႃးၵီးယႃး (móeng sǎ lò wáa kíi yáa) Silesian: Słowacyjo f Sinhalese: ස්ලෝවැකියාව (slōwækiyāwa) Slovak: Slovensko (sk) n Slovene: Slováška (sl) f Spanish: Eslovaquia (es) f Swahili: Slovakia (sw), Uslovaki Swedish: Slovakien (sv) n Tagalog: Eslobakya Tajik: Словакия (tg) (Slovakiya) Tatar: Словакия (Slowaqiya) Thai: สโลวาเกีย (th) (sà-loo-waa-giia) Tibetan: སི་ལོ་ཕ་ཁེ (si lo pha khe) Tigrinya: ስሎቫኪያ (səlovakiya) Tongan: Silovakia Turkish: Slovakya (tr) Turkmen: Slowakiýa Ukrainian: Слова́ччина (uk) f (Slováččyna), Слове́ньско n (Slovénʹsko) (Ruthenian) Urdu: سلوواکیہ‎ m (slovākiyā) Uyghur: سلوۋاكىيە‎ (slowakiye) Uzbek: Slovakiya (uz) Veps: Slovakii Vietnamese: Xlô-va-ki-a Welsh: Slofacia (cy) Yiddish: סלאָוואַקיע‎ f (slovakye), סלאָװאַקײַ‎ f (slovakay) Yoruba: Silofakia

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Countries of the world
• Wikipedia article on Slovakia

References

1. Uličný, Ferdinand (2014), “Toponymum Slovensko – pôvod a obsah názvu [The name Slovakia (Slovensko) – its origin and content]”, in Historický časopis, issue 3, Historický ústav SAV, ISSN 0018-2575

Further reading

• Slovakia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately from Slovak Slovák + -ia.

Proper noun

Slovakia n

1. Slovakia

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Slovakia
Accusative	Slovakia
Dative	Slovakia
Genitive	Slovakia

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Finnish

Etymology

From German Slowakei, from Slovak Slovák.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsloʋɑkiɑ/, [ˈs̠lo̞ʋɑˌkiɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Slo‧va‧ki‧a

Proper noun

Slovakia

1. Slovakia

Declension

Inflection of Slovakia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Slovakia	—
genitive		Slovakian	—
partitive		Slovakiaa	—
illative		Slovakiaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Slovakia	—
accusative	nom.	Slovakia	—
	gen.	Slovakian
genitive		Slovakian	—
partitive		Slovakiaa	—
inessive		Slovakiassa	—
elative		Slovakiasta	—
illative		Slovakiaan	—
adessive		Slovakialla	—
ablative		Slovakialta	—
allative		Slovakialle	—
essive		Slovakiana	—
translative		Slovakiaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Slovakiatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Slovakia (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Slovakiani	Slovakiamme
2nd person	Slovakiasi	Slovakianne
3rd person	Slovakiansa

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sloˈvaki̯a/

Proper noun

Slovakia

1. Slovakia

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Slovakia

1. Slovakia

Related terms

• slovak
• slovakisk

See also

• Tsjekkoslovakia

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Slovakia

1. Slovakia

Related terms

• slovak
• slovakisk

See also

• Tsjekkoslovakia