Slovakia
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- proper noun
- /sloʊˈvækiə/
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Eslovaquia
- And then Slovakia is almost entirely Catholic and much more rural.
- Slovakia, Romania
- Slovakia, Poland
- Slovakia, Hungary
We did some work in Bratislava in Slovakia.
- We did some work in Bratislava in Slovakia.
- We do worse than Liechtenstein, Slovakia and Latvia.
- They Sprint as fast as they can run all the way through Slovakia.
- Hello, my name is Junarunga with Reason TV and I'm here with Richard Durana of the Institute of Economic and Social Studies in Slovakia.
Examples
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The way in which the Hungarian minority in Slovakia organized itself shows this process clearly.
Academic text (1991) -
According to the Slovak government, there is a need to restructure and strengthen Slovakia's defense units.
Academic text (1999) -
You leave for Slovakia tonight.
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I was living in a small town in Slovakia.
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Tell us about this place you mention, in Slovakia.
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That means we're going to Slovakia and Amsterdam, right?
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A considerable Western involvement is needed to help Slovakia stay on track as a democracy and market economy.
Academic text (1993) -
There hasn't been war in Slovakia for 50 years.
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The greatest degree of attachment takes place in Poland and Slovakia; it is considerably lower in the Czech Republic and Hungary.
Academic text (1996) -
I was living in a small town in Slovakia.
Synonyms
A landlocked country in central Europe that became independent in 1993
Surface Forms
Etymology
Slovakia comes from the name of the Slovaks, and that name comes from an old Slavic root slovo meaning 'word'. So Slovakia basically means the land of people who 'share the same words' or language, which is why the country's name is tied to its people.