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Bratislava

Bratislava

3 5.2
The capital and largest city of Slovakia on the Danube near Austria and Hungary
  • proper noun
: Bratislava
  • The capital city of Slovakia, Bratislava, is located along the Danube River.
  • Bratislava, Slovakia
  • capital, Bratislava
  • Bratislava is a city

We did some work in Bratislava in Slovakia.

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Examples

  • In Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, the wish ghetto, emptied of its inhabitants, stood intact for more than a decade after the war until the Slovak authorities had it cleared to make way for the approach of a new bridge.

    Academic text (2000)

  • One of the few occasions on which President Bush tried to engage Russian President Vladimir Putin on this issue was at a February 2005 conference in Bratislava, Slovakia.

    Academic text (2008)

  • - Where are we, Bratislava?

    Remote Viewing (2018)

  • We did some work in Bratislava in Slovakia.

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • I'm on Train 681 from Bratislava to Munich.

    Derailed (2002)

  • My mind is still processing all that we saw and did on that trip (I now know the difference between Bucharest, Budapest, and Bratislava).

    Blog text (32)

  • Our next stop is Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia.

  • Many tourists visit Bratislava to experience its rich history and vibrant culture.

Synonyms

Pressburg
vsBratislava
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Former German name for the city of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia

has the same meaning but is the modern official name used today

Surface Forms

Bratislava main

Etymology

Bratislava comes from an old Slavic name Bratislav, made of brat 'brother' and slava 'glory'. That's why the name can be read as 'Bratislav's place' or a place of 'brotherly glory', and it was chosen to show the city's Slovak roots while the same city was once called Pressburg in German and Pozsony in Hungarian.