- Main Entry:
- Slo·va·kia

- Pronunciation:
-
\slō-ˈvä-kē-ə, -ˈva-\
- Variant(s):
- or Slo·ven·sko
\ˈslȯ-ven-ˌskȯ\
- Function:
- geographical name
country central Europe; a constituent republic of Czechoslovakia 1918–92 ∗ Bratislava area 18,923 square miles (49,011 square kilometers), population 5,379,455