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Kassa

(Encyclopedia)Kassa: see Košice, Slovakia.

Kaschau

(Encyclopedia)Kaschau: see Košice, Slovakia.

Pozsony

(Encyclopedia)Pozsony: see Bratislava, Slovakia. ...

Pressburg

(Encyclopedia)Pressburg: see Bratislava, Slovakia. ...

Tyrnau

(Encyclopedia)Tyrnau: see Trnava, Slovakia.

Waag

(Encyclopedia)Waag: see Váh, river, Slovakia.

Komárno

(Encyclopedia)Komárno kôˈmärôm [key], Ger. Komorn, city of Slovakia and Hungary, on both sides of the Danube, at its confluence with the Nitra and Váh rivers. Komárno (1991 pop. 37,346) is located on the lef...

Czechoslovakia

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Czechoslovakia chĕsˈkōslōvĕnˌskō [key], former federal republic, 49,370 sq mi (127,869 sq km), in central Europe. On Jan. 1, 1993, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic (see Slovaki...

Gerlachovský

(Encyclopedia)Gerlachovský gĕrläkh-ôfˈskē [key], peak, 8,711 ft (2,655 m) high, in the Tatra Mts.; highest peak of the Carpathian Mt. system and of Slovakia. ...

autonomy

(Encyclopedia)autonomy ôtŏnˈəmē [key] [Gr.,=self-rule], in a political sense, limited self-government, short of independence, of a political state or, more frequently, of a subdivision. The term is also used f...

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