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slovakia

UK/sləʊˈvæ.ki.ə/US/sloʊˈvɑ.ki.ə/
nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Slovakia is the central European country of Bratislava and the Tatra mountains. A trip to Slovakia.

It separated from the Czech lands in 1993 without a shot being fired. Bratislava in Slovakia is the only capital that borders two other countries.

Original: Ladislav Čisárik and Ladislav Vrtel Vector: SKopp · Public domain

Definitions of slovakia

  1. 1nounslovakiaThe central European country of Bratislava and the Tatra mountains.B2

    “Slovakia has more castles for its size than almost anywhere.”

slovakia is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Slovak

    Slovák

  2. English

    Slovakia

  3. English, today

    slovakia

Slovakia First attested to in German in 1586, itself apparently derived from Slovak Slovák, equivalent to English Slovak + -ia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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