Slovakia

See also: slovakia, Slovákia, and Slóvakía

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sləʊˈvæ.ki.ə/, /sləʊˈvɑː.ki.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sloʊˈvɑ.ki.ə/, /sloʊˈvæ.ki.ə/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ækiə, -ɑːkiə

Proper noun

Slovakia

2. A country in Central Europe. Official name: Slovak Republic. Capital and largest city: Bratislava.

Descendants

• → Japanese: スロバキア (Surobakia)

Translations

Slovakia

• Abkhaz: Словактәыла (Slovakʼtʷʼəla), Словакиа (Slovakʼja)
• Afrikaans: Slowakye
• Akan: Slowakia
• Albanian: Sllovaki f (indefinite), Sllovakia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ስሎቫኪያ (səlovakiya)
• Arabic: سْلُوفَاكِيَا f (slovākiyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: سلوفاكيا f (slōfākya, slōvākya)

• Armenian: Սլովակիա (hy) (Slovakia)
• Aromanian: Sluvakii f (indefinite), Sluvakia (definite)
• Assamese: শ্লোভাকিয়া (slübhakia)
• Asturian: Eslovaquia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Slovakiya (az)
• Bashkir: Словакия (Slovakiya)
• Basque: Eslovakia (eu)
• Bavarian: Slowàkai
• Belarusian: Слава́кія f (Slavákija), Слава́ччына f (Slaváččyna) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: স্লোভাকিয়া (bn) (slōbhakiẏa)
• Breton: Slovakia (br)
• Bulgarian: Слова́кия (bg) f (Slovákija)
• Burmese: ဆလိုဗားကီးယား (hca.luiba:ki:ya:)
• Buryat: Словаки (Slovaki)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Словеньско n (Slovenʹsko)
• Catalan: Eslovàquia (ca) f
• Chechen: Словаки (Slovaki)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 斯洛伐克 (si¹ lok⁶ fat⁶ hak¹)

  Mandarin: 斯洛伐克 (zh) (Sīluòfákè)

• Chuvash: Словаки (Slovak̬i)
• Crimean Tatar: Slovakiya
• Czech: Slovensko (cs) n
• Danish: Slovakiet (da) n
• Dhivehi: ސުލޮވާކިއާ (dv) (sulovākiā)
• Dutch: Slowakije (nl) n, Slovakije n
• Esperanto: Slovakio, Slovakujo
• Estonian: Slovakkia (et)
• Farefare: Solovakgo, Solvakgo
• Faroese: Slovakia f or n
• Finnish: Slovakia (fi)
• French: Slovaquie (fr) f
• Friulian: Slovachie f
• Gagauz: Slovakiya
• Galician: Eslovaquia (gl) f
• Georgian: სლოვაკეთი (ka) (slovaḳeti)
• German: Slowakei (de) f
• Greek: Σλοβακία (el) f (Slovakía)
• Gujarati: સ્લોવાકિયા (slovākiyā)
• Hausa: Sulobakiya
• Hawaiian: Solowakia
• Hebrew: סְלוֹבַקְיָה (he) f (slovákya)
• Hindi: स्लोवाकिया (hi) m (slovākiyā)
• Hungarian: Szlovákia (hu)
• Icelandic: Slóvakía (is) f
• Ido: Slovakia (io)
• Indonesian: Slowakia (id)
• Irish: an tSlóvaic f
• Italian: Slovacchia (it) f
• Japanese: スロヴァキア (ja) (Surovakia), スロバキア (ja) (Surobakia)
• Kannada: ಸ್ಲೊವಾಕಿಯ (kn) (slovākiya)
• Kashubian: Słowackô f
• Kazakh: Словакия (kk) (Slovakiä)
• Khmer: ស្លូវ៉ាគី (slouvaakii)
• Korean: 슬로바키아 (ko) (Seullobakia), 슬로벤스꼬 (ko) (Seullobenseukko) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Slovakya (ku) f

• Kven: Slovakia
• Kyrgyz: Словакия (Slovakiya)
• Lao: ສະໂລວາກີ (lo) (sa lō wā kī)
• Latin: Slovacia f (New Latin)
• Latvian: Slovākija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Slovakija (lt) f
• Macedonian: Словачка (mk) f (Slovačka), Словакија (mk) f (Slovakija)
• Malay: Slovakia (ms)
• Malayalam: സ്ലോവാക്യ (slōvākya)
• Maltese: is-Slovakja f
• Maori: Horowākia
• Marathi: स्लोव्हाकिया m (slovhākiyā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Словак (Slovak)

  Mongolian: ᠰᠯᠤᠸᠠᠻ (sluwak)

• Navajo: Słóbaʼ bikéyah
• Nepali: स्लोभाकिया (slobhākiyā)
• Norman: Slovaquie f
• Northern Sami: Slovakia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Slovakia (no) n

  Nynorsk: Slovakia (nn) n

• Occitan: Eslovaquia (oc) f
• Odia: ସ୍ଲୋଭାକିଆ (slobhākiā)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Словѣньско n (Slověnĭsko) (modern)

• Pannonian Rusyn: Словацка f (Slovacka)
• Pashto: سلواکيا f (salwākyā)
• Persian:

  Dari: سِلُوَاکِیَا (silōwākiyā), سْلُوَاکِیَا (slōwākiyā)

  Iranian Persian: اِسْلُواکی

• Picard: Slovakie f
• Polish: Słowacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Eslováquia (pt)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਸਲੋਵਾਕੀਆ m (salovākīā)

• Quechua: Isluwakya
• Romanian: Slovacia (ro) f
• Russian: Слова́кия (ru) f (Slovákija)
• Scottish Gaelic: An t-Slòbhac
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сло̀ва̄чка f

  Roman: Slòvāčkā (sh) f

• Shan: မိူင်းသလူဝ်ႇဝႃးၵီးယႃး (móeng sǎ lò wáa kíi yáa)
• Silesian: Słowacyjo f
• Sinhalese: ස්ලෝවැකියාව (slōwækiyāwa)
• Slovak: Slovensko (sk) n
• Slovene: Slováška (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Słowakska f

  Upper Sorbian: Słowakska (hsb) f

• Spanish: Eslovaquia (es) f
• Swahili: Slovakia (sw), Uslovaki
• Swedish: Slovakien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Eslobakya
• Tajik: Словакия (tg) (Slovakiya)
• Tamil: சிலோவாக்கியா (cilōvākkiyā)
• Tatar: Словакия (Slowaqiyä)
• Telugu: స్లొవేకియా (te) (slovēkiyā)
• Thai: สโลวาเกีย (th) (sà-loo-waa-giia)
• Tibetan: སི་ལོ་ཕ་ཁེ (si lo pha khe)
• Tigrinya: ስሎቫኪያ (səlovakiya)
• Tongan: Silovakia
• Turkish: Slovakya (tr)
• Turkmen: Slowakiýa
• Ukrainian: Слова́ччина (uk) f (Slováččyna), Слове́ньско n (Slovénʹsko) (Ruthenian)
• Urdu: سْلوواکِیَہ m (slovākiya)
• Uyghur: سلوۋاكىيە (slowakiye)
• Uzbek: Slovakiya (uz)
• Veps: Slovakii
• Vietnamese: Xlô-va-ki-a
• Welsh: Slofacia (cy)
• Yakut: Словакия (Slovakiya)
• Yiddish: סלאָוואַקיע f (slovakye), סלאָװאַקײַ f (slovakay)
• Yoruba: Silofakia

See also

countries in Europe (appendix)edit

• Albania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic, Czechia
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Georgia
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Kazakhstan
• Kosovo
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
• North Macedonia
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• Vatican City

• Countries of the world

Further reading

• Slovakia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately from Slovak Slovák + -ia.

Proper noun

Slovakia n

1. Slovakia (a country in Central Europe)

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Slovakia
accusative	Slovakia
dative	Slovakia
genitive	Slovakia

Finnish

Etymology

From German Slowakei, from Slovak Slovák.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsloʋɑkiɑ/, [ˈs̠lo̞ʋɑ̝ˌk̟iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Slo‧va‧kia

Proper noun

Slovakia

1. Slovakia (a country in Central Europe)

Declension

Inflection of Slovakia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Slovakia	—
genitive		Slovakian	—
partitive		Slovakiaa	—
illative		Slovakiaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Slovakia	—
accusative	nom.	Slovakia	—
	gen.	Slovakian
genitive		Slovakian	—
partitive		Slovakiaa	—
inessive		Slovakiassa	—
elative		Slovakiasta	—
illative		Slovakiaan	—
adessive		Slovakialla	—
ablative		Slovakialta	—
allative		Slovakialle	—
essive		Slovakiana	—
translative		Slovakiaksi	—
abessive		Slovakiatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Slovakia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Slovakiani — accusative nom. Slovakiani — gen. Slovakiani genitive Slovakiani — partitive Slovakiaani — inessive Slovakiassani — elative Slovakiastani — illative Slovakiaani — adessive Slovakiallani — ablative Slovakialtani — allative Slovakialleni — essive Slovakianani — translative Slovakiakseni — abessive Slovakiattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Slovakiasi — accusative nom. Slovakiasi — gen. Slovakiasi genitive Slovakiasi — partitive Slovakiaasi — inessive Slovakiassasi — elative Slovakiastasi — illative Slovakiaasi — adessive Slovakiallasi — ablative Slovakialtasi — allative Slovakiallesi — essive Slovakianasi — translative Slovakiaksesi — abessive Slovakiattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Slovakiamme — accusative nom. Slovakiamme — gen. Slovakiamme genitive Slovakiamme — partitive Slovakiaamme — inessive Slovakiassamme — elative Slovakiastamme — illative Slovakiaamme — adessive Slovakiallamme — ablative Slovakialtamme — allative Slovakiallemme — essive Slovakianamme — translative Slovakiaksemme — abessive Slovakiattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Slovakianne — accusative nom. Slovakianne — gen. Slovakianne genitive Slovakianne — partitive Slovakiaanne — inessive Slovakiassanne — elative Slovakiastanne — illative Slovakiaanne — adessive Slovakiallanne — ablative Slovakialtanne — allative Slovakiallenne — essive Slovakiananne — translative Slovakiaksenne — abessive Slovakiattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Slovakiansa — accusative nom. Slovakiansa — gen. Slovakiansa genitive Slovakiansa — partitive Slovakiaansa — inessive Slovakiassaan Slovakiassansa — elative Slovakiastaan Slovakiastansa — illative Slovakiaansa — adessive Slovakiallaan Slovakiallansa — ablative Slovakialtaan Slovakialtansa — allative Slovakialleen Slovakiallensa — essive Slovakianaan Slovakianansa — translative Slovakiakseen Slovakiaksensa — abessive Slovakiattaan Slovakiattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• slovakialainen

(compounds):

• slovakiancuvac
• Tšekkoslovakia

Related terms

• Tšekkoslovakia

See also

countries in Europe: Euroopan maat (appendix)edit

• Alankomaat
• Albania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Azerbaidžan
• Belgia
• Bosnia ja Hertsegovina
• Bulgaria
• Espanja
• Georgia
• Irlanti
• Islanti
• Iso-Britannia
• Italia
• Itävalta
• Kazakstan
• Kosovo
• Kreikka
• Kroatia
• Kypros
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Liettua
• Luxemburg
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Norja
• Pohjois-Makedonia
• Portugali
• Puola
• Ranska
• Romania
• Ruotsi
• Saksa
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Suomi
• Sveitsi
• Tanska
• Tšekki
• Turkki
• Ukraina
• Unkari
• Valko-Venäjä
• Vatikaani
• Venäjä
• Viro

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sloˈvaki̯a/

Proper noun

Slovakia

1. Slovakia (a country in Central Europe)

See also

countries in Europe: landi di Europa (appendix)edit

• Albania
• Andora
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belgia
• Bielorusia
• Bosnia e Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Chekia
• Chipro
• Dania
• Estonia
• Finlando
• Francia
• Germania
• Grekia
• Gruzia
• Hispania
• Hungaria
• Irlando
• Islando
• Italia
• Kazakstan
• Kosovo
• Kroatia
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lituania
• Luxemburgia
• Macedonia
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monako
• Montenegro
• Nederlando
• Norvegia
• Polonia
• Portugal
• Rumania
• Rusia
• San-Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Suedia
• Suisia
• Turkia
• Ukraina
• Unionita Rejio
• Vatikano

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Slovakia

1. Slovakia (a country in Central Europe)

Related terms

• slovak
• slovakisk

See also

• Tsjekkoslovakia

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Slovakia

1. Slovakia (a country in Central Europe)

Related terms

• slovak
• slovakisk

See also

• Tsjekkoslovakia