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Slovak

Slovak

4 3.6
Relating to Slovakia, its people, or its culture
  • adjective
  • /ˈsloʊvæk/
translation icon : eslovaco
  • Earlier, the Serbian Mission had enlisted Czech and Slovak volunteers in the United States.
  • Slovak Republic
  • Slovak immigrants
  • Czech and Slovak

Maybe the Slovak Republic, I don't know.

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Examples

  • Czech Free Thinkers and Catholics united, along with their new Slovak allies, in the struggle for an independent homeland.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Romanian and Slovak militaries retain high trust and a prestige higher than Hungary but lower than Poland.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The United Kingdom has always been a good friend and partner of the Slovak Republic.

  • So for example, there was a Slovak shop and we got to a place that was a supermarket.

  • I had to visit the nearest flying ground of the Slovak Aeroclub to present my credentials.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • According to the Slovak government, there is a need to restructure and strengthen Slovakia's defense units.

    Academic text (1999)
  • In the late 1880s, before the foundation of Our Lady of Lourdes, Wilkeson's Slovak immigrants attempted to create their own ethnic parish.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The Slovak people celebrate many traditions that reflect their rich cultural heritage.

  • I learned a few words in Slovak before my trip to Slovakia next summer.

  • The Slovak language has several dialects, each with unique features and expressions.

Synonyms

Slovakian
vsSlovak
1 4.4

From Slovakia or about its people and language

includes culture as well as people and language

Compounds

A Slavic language spoken mainly in Slovakia

A landlocked country in central Europe that became independent in 1993

Surface Forms

Slovak positive

Etymology

The word Slovak shares the root slovo 'word' with Slavic, which points to people who speak the same language, so Slovak as an adjective means 'from Slovakia' or 'about its people, language, and culture'.