α. 1800s Slovachian, 1800s– Slovackian, 1800s– Slovakian.
β. 1800s– Slowakian, 1900s– Slowackian.
Slovakiann.adj.
/slə(ʊ)ˈvakɪən/, /slə(ʊ)ˈvɑːkɪən/, U.S. /ˌsloʊˈvɑkiən/, /ˌsloʊˈvækiən/ A. n.
1. In early use: a member of a Slavic people living in central Europe, particularly in the region of the Western Carpathian mountains. Now usually: a native or inhabitant of Slovakia, a country in this region of central Europe; a person of Slovak descent.See also the note at Slovak n. 1.
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1818 Literary Panorama Jan. 614/1 The greater part of these youths are of the Servian nation..; but among them are some Germans, Slovachians, and Wallachians.
a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 397/1 The dialect spoken by the Slovachians.
1929 Rotarian Oct. 31/2 The Czechoslovakian nation composed of five and a half million Czechs and three million Slovakians, has millions of other than Czechish speaking people.
1983 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Oct. 1160/3 Among those who took part were..four Russians, a Slovakian and a Pole.
2011 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 27 Sept. 10 Cingel..is the unofficial translator for fellow Slovakians Ladislav Harabin and Juraj Faith.
2. The West Slavonic language spoken by Slovaks.
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1832 J. Bowring Cheskian Anthol. 4 Its dialects are the moravian, the silesian, and the slowakian as spoken in upper Hungary.
1850 ‘Talvi’ Hist. View Lang. & Lit. Slavic Nations iv. 396 The following; which exists in the Vendish language in a shape more diffuse and twice as long; and also in Slovakian, still more sketchlike.
1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 365 Hungarian was used in 7024 [schools],..Slovakian in 1901.
1943 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 14 34/2 If it is not in Slovakian, it does not count.
2010 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 18 Apr. b1 He'd always be in his yard landscaping, and I would speak Slovakian to him.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Slovakia, or to Slovaks or their language.
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1826 E. Henderson Biblical Res. & Trav. in Russia iv. 64 The western class [of Slavonic dialects], which comprehends the Slovakian, Bohemian, Polish, and the two Sorabian or Wendish dialects.
a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 397/1 The Russniacs..mix but little with their Slovachian neighbours.
1974 Country Life 28 Mar. 736/3 Slovakian towns..lack colour and depth.
1997 Eng. World-wide 18 3 The recent Slovakian laws which have allegedly imposed fines on the use of anglicisms.
2012 Express (Scotland) (Nexis) 10 Apr. 64 Moravcik keeps tabs on Scottish football from his Slovakian base and has been stunned by the Rangers crisis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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