Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A landlocked country of central Europe. Settled by Slavic peoples c. 6th century AD, the region was conquered by Magyars in the early 10th century and was generally under Hungarian rule until 1918, when it became part of Czechoslovakia. Slovakia became a German puppet state during World War II. It was taken by the Soviets in 1945 and again made part of Czechoslovakia, which came under Communist rule in 1948. After the end of Communist rule in 1989, government leaders reached an agreement to separate the country into two fully independent republics. The Republic of Slovakia came into existence on January 1, 1993. Bratislava is the capital and largest city.
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- proper noun Country in Central Europe. Official name:
Slovak Republic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from the Czech Republic in 1993
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Examples
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I've been working on a project in Slovakia and once again I am amazed at all the languages I didn't know about.
Car Darwi 2009
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They appear to have based their position on the previously mentioned money-for-lives scenario that had stopped the deportation of Jews in Slovakia in 1942.
June 2010 2010
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The fastest mobile connection is in Slovakia, where the connection speed by one provider peaked at 36 MB/s.
Andy Plesser: The U.S. Lags in Mobile Connectivity Speeds Andy Plesser 2010
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Internationally, Prazdroj sells tank beer only in Slovakia, with six locations, and Austria, with one.
Posh Beer Flows in U.S. Sean Carney 2010
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The fastest mobile connection is in Slovakia where the connection speed by one provider clocked in with an average of 20 MBPS and peak at 36.
Andy Plesser: The U.S. Lags in Mobile Connectivity Speeds Andy Plesser 2010
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The fastest mobile connection is in Slovakia where the connection speed by one provider clocked in with an average of 20 MBPS and peak at 36.
Andy Plesser: The U.S. Lags in Mobile Connectivity Speeds Andy Plesser 2010
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Their brothers there in Slovakia are playing decent hockey.
mrissa: Olympics post, take one mrissa 2010
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Their brothers there in Slovakia are playing decent hockey.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2010
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The fastest mobile connection is in Slovakia, where the connection speed by one provider peaked at 36 MB/s.
Andy Plesser: The U.S. Lags in Mobile Connectivity Speeds Andy Plesser 2010
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"First Class Andy" (a snafu during a reunion in Slovakia resulted in his flying first class and earning this nickname) was also at least partially responsible for two very important aspects of my life - my husband and my livelihood.
Megan Smolenyak: A Funeral on My 50th Megan Smolenyak 2010
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