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/

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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.

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 (slobhakia)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Словѣньско n (Slověnĭsko) (modern)

• Pashto: سلواکيا f (salwākyā)
• Persian:

  Dari: سِلُوَاکِیَا (silōwākiyā), سْلُوَاکِیَا (slōwākiyā)

  Iranian Persian: اِسْلُواکی (fa)

• 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 of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, 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
• Wikipedia article on Slovakia

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
• Syllabification^(key): Slo‧va‧ki‧a

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

 

See also

• (countries of Europe) Euroopan maat; Alankomaat, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaidžan, Belgia, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina, Bulgaria, Espanja, Georgia, Irlanti, Islanti, Iso-Britannia, Italia, Itävalta, Kazakstan, 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 ^{(Category: fi:Countries in Europe)}

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sloˈvaki̯a/

Proper noun

Slovakia

1. Slovakia (a country in Central Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, 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