Slovensko

Derived from Old Church Slavonic словѣне (slověne, “Slavs”), which in turn could come from slovo (“word”). Ultimately they both came from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ (“Slav”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈslovɛnsko]

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Slovensko n (related adjective slovenský, demonym Slovák, female demonym Slovenka)

1. Slovakia (a country in Central Europe)

• Slovensko in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Slovensko in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Slovensko in Internetová jazyková příručka

Derived from Old Church Slavonic словѣне (slověne, “Slavs”), which in turn could come from slovo (“word”). Ultimately they both came from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ (“Slav”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈslɔvenskɔ]

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Slovensko n (genitive singular Slovenska, declension pattern of mesto, related adjective slovenský, demonym Slovák, female demonym Slovenka) (no plural)

1. Slovakia (a country in Central Europe)

• slovenčina
• slovenský

• “Slovensko”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024