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Slovakia

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Slovakia slôˈvĕnskô [key], republic (2015 est. pop. 5,439,000), 18,917 sq mi (48,995 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic in the west, by Austria in the southwest, b...

Morava, river, Czech Republic and Slovakia

(Encyclopedia)Morava môrˈävä [key], Ger. March, river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, rising in the Sudetes, N Czech Republic, and flowing generally S past Olomouc into the Danube River, W of Bratislava. It is navigab...

Mečiar, Vladimír

(Encyclopedia)Mečiar, Vladimír, 1942–, Slovakian political leader. A member of the Communist party of Czechoslovakia, Mečiar was ousted in 1970 after having supported party reforms following the Warsaw Pact in...

Kováč, Michal

(Encyclopedia)Kováč, Michal mēˈkäl kōˈväch [key], 1929–2016, Slovak political leader, first president of independent Slovakia (1993–98). An economist, he worked in the banking sector, served as Czechosl...

Baradla Caves

(Encyclopedia)Baradla Caves bŏˈrŏdlŏ [key], three large caves, NE Hungary and SE Slovakia, c.25 mi (40 km) NW of Miskolc, Hungary. Aggtelek and Josvafö caves are in Hungary; Dobšiná is in Slovakia. They are ...

Tatra

(Encyclopedia)Tatra –trəz [key], Pol. and Slovak Tatry, highest group of the Carpathian mountain system, in E central Europe. The High Tatra (Slovak Vysoké Tatry, Pol. Tatry Wysokie) extends c.40 mi (60 km) alo...

Nitra

(Encyclopedia)Nitra nyĭˈträ [key], Ger. Neutra, Hung. Nyitra, city (1991 pop. 89,969), W Slovakia, on the Nitra River, a tributary of the Danube. It is an agricultural market center and has extensive food-proces...

Kaschau

(Encyclopedia)Kaschau: see Košice, Slovakia.

Kassa

(Encyclopedia)Kassa: see Košice, Slovakia.

Nagyszombat

(Encyclopedia)Nagyszombat: see Trnava, Slovakia. ...

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