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Slovakia's name means the "Land of the Slavs" (Slovensko in Slovak stemming from the older form Sloven/Slovienin). As such, it is a cognate of the words Slovenia and Slavonia . In medieval Latin, German, and even some Slavic sources, the same name has often been used for Slovaks, Slovenes, Slavonians, and Slavs in general.
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Slovensko, dlhý tvar Slovenská republika, je vnútrozemský štát v strednej Európe. Je členským štátom Európskej únie a NATO. Má rozlohu 49 036 km² a žije tu približne 5 449 270 obyvateľov. Na severozápade hraničí s Českom, na juhozápade s Rakúskom, na severe s Poľskom, na východe s Ukrajinou a na juhu s Maďarskom.
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The Celts started to settle since 450 BC. The coins named Biatec represent the first use of writing in Slovakia. After the time of the Julio-Claudian dynasty many different Germanic tribes like Quadi and Marcomanni started to overtake the area. The Roman Empire established many outposts along the Danube river. They fought Germanic tribes, with the ...
Slovakia is landlocked. It is noted primarily for its mountainous nature, with the Carpathian Mountains being in the north and various lowlands mostly in the south. The highest mountain range are the Tatra mountains with the highest peak, the Gerlachov Peak (Slovak: Gerlachovský štít; 2,654 m). Major Slovak rivers besides the Danube are the Váh and...
About 5.5 million people live in Slovakia. Most people are Slovak (86%), but in southern regions of Slovakia live Hungarians (10%), with some municipalities even being with the Hungarian majority (for example, Komárno or Dunajská Streda), Ruthenian or Ukrainian are spoken in the northeast. A minority Romapopulation speak versions of the Romany lang...
Rail: Slovakia has 3,662 km of rails, of which 3,512 km are in standard gauge. Rail network currently undergoes a modernisation.Road: Slovakia has 42,993 km of roads, of which 316 km are motorways (2003). The motorway network is currently under construction.Air: Slovakia has 6 international airports, with the most important ones being in Bratislava and Košice, others are near Sliač, Poprad, Žilina and Piešťany.Marine: Slovakia has no direct access to the sea. The most important waterway is the Danube, with the ports in Bratislava and Komárno. The Danube and the Rhine-Main-Danube canal connects Slovakia t...There are currently 8 regions of Slovakia: 1. Bratislava Region (Bratislavský kraj) (capital Bratislava) 2. Trnava Region (Trnavský kraj) (capital Trnava) 3. Trenčín Region (Trenčiansky kraj) (capital Trenčín) 4. Nitra Region (Nitriansky kraj) (capital Nitra) 5. Žilina Region (Žilinský kraj) (capital Žilina) 6. Banská Bystrica Region (Banskobystric...
Slovenská Wikipédia je slovenská jazyková verzia Wikipédie – internetovej encyklopédie so slobodným obsahom, na ktorej tvorbe ako autori a redaktori spolupracujú dobrovoľní prispievatelia.
1284 – narodil sa Eduard II., anglický kráľ († 1327) 1599 – narodil sa Oliver Cromwell, anglický generál a politik, lord protektor Anglického spoločenstva v rokoch 1653 – 1658 († 1658) 1744 – zomrel Anders Celsius, švédsky astronóm a fyzik, autor všeobecne najpoužívanejšej teplotnej stupnice (* 1701)
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest.
Slovakia is a landlocked Central European country with mountainous regions in the north and flat terrain in the south. [1] . During much of the Holocene, Slovakia was much more forested than today. [1] . Decline of the forest occurred in as consequence of the Valachian colonization and the development of mining in the territory. [1] Statistics.
