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Slovakian

Slovakian

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From Slovakia or about its people and language
  • adjective
  • /sloʊˈvækiən/
translation icon : eslovaco
  • The Slovakian cuisine is known for its hearty dishes, like bryndzové halušky, which feature potatoes and sheep cheese.

We got a letter from my younger sister, she's Slovakian saying I feel like an orphan.

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Examples

  • Are you Swiss-Slovakian or Swiss-Slovenian?

    The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

  • After centuries of persecution, the Czechs reestablished their sovereignty following World War I and linked up with their Slovakian cousins in the new state of Czechoslovakia.

    Blog text (18)

  • But I'm Slovakian just like you

    Violent Blue (2011)

  • It's like the Slovakian version of APB and J that kids bring the school in their lunch box.

    Kara and Nate

  • We've had reports that it was stolen from the Slovakian government.

    Derailed (2002)

  • We chew pizza while reading a report on the Slovakian luger who recovered from brain surgery and won the bronze.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Here we were graciously invited into several homes for great conversation and our first tastes of authentic, homemade Slovakian meals.

    Blog text (18)

  • He spent most of his life living with his mother, Julia, a Slovakian immigrant who spoke little English and was also a devout Catholic.

  • Helen and Julia must have felt that our brand of Congregationalism was hardly a religion at all, and so they surreptitiously took us to their church, St. John the Baptist, a big yellow-brick structure, the most prominent building in Whiting (which had, and still has, a large Polish and Slovakian population).

    Academic text (2005)

  • The Slovakian people celebrate their national holiday every year with parades and traditional music.

Compounds

Slovakian monetary unit
9.5

Official money of Slovakia before the euro

Surface Forms

Slovakian positive

Morphology

Slovakian = Slovak (transparent) = Slovak + ian

A regular and productive demonym/adjectival suffix '-ian' added to the ethnonym 'Slovak', yielding 'relating to Slovakia or its people'.

Etymology

Slovakian comes from the country name Slovakia and the people called Slovak. These names come from an old Slavic root slovo meaning 'word', so it once meant people who 'speak the same words', and that's why Slovakian now means 'of or relating to Slovakia, its people, or its language'.