Slavonia
Sla·vo·ni·a
S0467600 (slə-vō′nē-ə, -vōn′yə)Slavonia
(sləˈvəʊnɪə)Sla•vo•ni•a
(sləˈvoʊ ni ə)n.
单词 | slavonia |
释义 | SlavoniaSla·vo·ni·aS0467600 (slə-vō′nē-ə, -vōn′yə)Slavonia(sləˈvəʊnɪə)Sla•vo•ni•a(sləˈvoʊ ni ə)n. SlavoniaSlavonia(sləvō`nēə), Croatian Slavonija, historic region, part of Croatia. It is a fertile agricultural and forested lowland bounded, in part, by the Drava River in the north and the Sava River in the south. Wheat and corn are the major crops, and the leading industry is food processing. It also has rich oil and natural-gas resources. The population is largely Croatian and Serbian. OsijekOsijek, Ger. Esseg, Hung. Eszék, city (2011 pop. 108,048), in Croatia, on the Drava River. The chief city of the historic region of Slavonia, it is a river port and industrial center. ..... Click the link for more information. is the chief city. The region was originally part of the Roman province of Pannonia. In the 7th cent. a Slavic state owing allegiance to the Avars was established. With Croatia, Slavonia was united with Hungary in 1102. It came under Turkish rule in the 16th cent. and was recovered by Hungary from the Turks through the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699). As a result of the Revolution of 1848, Hungary lost Slavonia, which was made an Austrian crownland, but in 1868 Slavonia was restored to the Hungarian crown and united with Croatia. It became part of Yugoslavia in 1918. When the Yugoslav constituent republic of Croatia declared its independence in 1991, Croatian Serb and Yugoslav forces seized control of portions of Slavonia and other areas in Croatia, but by late 1995 Serbs retained control of only E Slavonia, which was returned to Croatian rule in Jan., 1998. Slavonia(Slavonija), a historical region in Yugoslavia. Some Latin sources written before the 13th century designated all Croatian lands as “Sclavonia.” Beginning in the 13th century, the term “Slavonia” was used for the lands between the right bank of the Sava River and the Drava River. Since the 17th and 18th centuries, “Slavonia” has been used to refer to the eastern part of the area bounded by the Drava, Danube, and Sava rivers. The official name for the Croatian lands from the 16th century to 1918 was the Kingdom of Dalmatia, Croatia, and Slavonia. [23–1616–] Slavonia |
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