Slovakia
/sləˈvakɪə
/ /sləˈvɑːkɪə/
A country in central Europe; population 5,463,000 (est. 2009); official language, Slovak; capital, Bratislava.
Slovakia was dominated by Hungary until it declared independence in 1918 and united with the Czech-speaking areas of Bohemia and Moravia to form Czechoslovakia. The eastern of the two constituent republics of Czechoslovakia, Slovakia became independent on the partition of that country on 1 January 1993.
Rhymes
- antigenic
- antigenic determinant
- antigen-presenting cell
- antiglobalisation
- antiglobalization
- Antigone
- antigorite
- anti-government
- antigravity
- Antigua
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Antigua Guatemala
- Antiguan
- anti-hero
- anti-heroine
- antihistamine
- antihypertensive
- anti-infective
- anti-inflammatory
- anti-inflation
- anti-inflationary
- anti-inflationist
- anti-intellectual
- anti-knock
- Antikythera mechanism