Bratislava

Bratislava

See also: Bratslav

English

Etymology

From the name of Prince Bräslav.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɹætɨˈslɑːvə/, /ˌbɹɑːtɨˈslɑːvə/

• Audio (UK)

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Proper noun

Bratislava

1. The capital city of Slovakia.
2. The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.

Synonyms

• Pressborough
• Pressburgh

Derived terms

• Bratislavan

Translations

the capital of Slovakia

Albanian: Bratisllava f Amharic: ብራቲስላቫ (bəratislava) Arabic: بُرَاتِسْلَافَا‎ f (buratislāfā), بُرَاتِيسْلَافَا‎ f (buratislāfā) Armenian: Բրատիսլավա (hy) (Bratislava) Azerbaijani: Bratislava (az) Belarusian: Брацісла́ва f (Bracisláva) Bengali: ব্রাতিস্লাভা (bratislabha) Bulgarian: Братислава f (Bratislava) Burmese: ဘရာတစ်လာဗာ (bha.rataclaba) Chinese: Cantonese: 布拉迪斯拉發, 布拉迪斯拉发 (bou3 laai1 dik6 si1 laai1 faat3) Mandarin: 布拉迪斯拉發／布拉迪斯拉发 (zh) (Bùlādísīlāfā) Chuvash: Братиславӑ (Brat̬islavă) Czech: Bratislava (cs) f, Prešpurk (cs) m Danish: Bratislava (da) Dutch: Bratislava n Esperanto: Bratislavo Estonian: Bratislava (et) Finnish: Bratislava (fi) French: Bratislava (fr), Pressbourg Georgian: ბრატისლავა (braṭislava) German: Bratislava (de) n, Pressburg (de) n Greek: Βρατισλάβα f (Vratisláva), Μπρατισλάβα (el) f (Bratisláva) Ancient: Ἰστρόπολις f (Istrópolis) Hebrew: ברטיסלאבה \\ בְּרָטִיסְלָבָה‎ f (bratisláva) Hindi: ब्रातिस्लावा m (brātislāvā) Hungarian: Pozsony (hu) Icelandic: Bratislava Indonesian: Bratislava Irish: an Bhratasláiv f Italian: Bratislava (it) f Japanese: ブラチスラヴァ (Burachisurava), ブラチスラバ (Burachisuraba), ブラティスラヴァ (Buratisurava) Kabardian: Братиславэ (Braatiislaave) Kazakh: Братислава (Bratislava) Khmer: ប្រាទីស្លាវ៉ា (km) (praatiislaavaa) Korean: 브라티슬라바 (ko) (Beuratiseullaba), 브라찌슬라바 (ko) (Beurajjiseullaba) (North Korea) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Bratîslava Kyrgyz: Братислава (ky) (Bratislava), Братислава (ky) (Bratislava) Lao: ບາຕິດສະລາວາ (bā tit sa lā wā) Latin: Posonium n Latvian: Bratislava f Lithuanian: Bratislava Macedonian: Бра́тислава f (Brátislava) Malay: Bratislava Maltese: Bratislava Mongolian: Cyrillic: Братислав (Bratislav) Navajo: Biwátiswaba Norwegian: Bokmål: Bratislava (no) Nynorsk: Bratislava Ossetian: Братиславӕ (Bratislavæ) Pashto: براتيسلاوا‎ f (bratīslāva) Persian: براتیسلاوا‎ (beratislâvâ) Polish: Bratysława (pl) f Portuguese: Bratislava (pt) Romanian: Bratislava (ro) Russian: Братисла́ва (ru) f (Bratisláva) Rusyn: Братїсла́ва f (Bratjisláva) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Бра̀тислава f, По̀жӯн m Roman: Bràtislava (sh) f, Pòžūn (sh) m Slovak: Bratislava (sk) f, Prešporok m Slovene: Bratislava f Spanish: Bratislava (es) Swedish: Bratislava (sv) Tajik: Братислава (Bratislava) Tatar: Братислава (Bratislawa) Thai: บราติสลาวา (braa-dtís-laa-wâa) Tibetan: བ་ར་ཏིསི་ལ་བ (ba ra tisi la ba) Turkish: Bratislava Turkmen: Bratislawa, Bratislava Ukrainian: Братисла́ва f (Bratysláva) Urdu: براٹیسلاوا‎ m (brāṭislāvā), براتیسلاوا‎‎ m (brātislāvā) Uyghur: براتىسلاۋا‎ (bratislawa) Uzbek: Bratislava Vietnamese: Bra-ti-xla-va Yiddish: בראַטיסלאַוואַ‎ n (bratislava), בראַטיסלאַווע‎ n (bratislave), פּרעסבורג‎ n (presburg), פּרעשבורג‎ n (preshburg)

region

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbracɪslava]

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Proper noun

Bratislava f

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Derived terms

• Bratislavan
• bratislavský

Further reading

• Bratislava in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Bratislava in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Proper noun

Bratislava

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Slovak Bratislava. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbraː.tɪsˈlaː.vaː/, /ˌbraː.tisˈlaː.vaː/

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• Hyphenation: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Proper noun

Bratislava n

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Synonyms

• Presburg (obsolete)

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Estonian

Proper noun

Bratislava

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

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Icelandic

Proper noun

Bratislava ?

1. Bratislava (the capital of Slovakia)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Bratislava f

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brǎtislaʋa/
• Hyphenation: Bra‧ti‧sla‧va

Proper noun

Bràtislava f (Cyrillic spelling Бра̀тислава)

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Declension

Declension of Bratislava

	singular
nominative	Bratislava
genitive	Bratislave
dative	Bratislavi
accusative	Bratislavu
vocative	Bratislavo
locative	Bratislavi
instrumental	Bratislavom

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Slovak

Etymology

From the name of Prince Bräslav.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbracislava]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Bratislava f (genitive singular Bratislavy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Declension

Declension of Bratislava

	singulare tantum
nominative	Bratislava
genitive	Bratislavy
dative	Bratislave
accusative	Bratislavu
locative	Bratislave
instrumental	Bratislavou

Synonyms

• Prešporok m

Derived terms

• Bratislavčan m, Bratislavčanka f
• bratislavský (adj), bratislavsky (adverb)

Further reading

• Bratislava in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾatisˈlaba/ [bɾa.t̪isˈla.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Proper noun

Bratislava ?

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Derived terms

• bratislavo

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Swedish

Proper noun

Bratislava n (genitive Bratislavas)

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)