Slovakia
Pronunciation: /sləˈvakɪə, -ˈvɑːkɪə/
- a country in central Europe; population 5,463,000 (est. 2009); official language, Slovak; capital, Bratislava.
- Slovakia was dominated by Hungary until it declared independence in 1918 and united with the Czech-speaking areas of Bohemia and Moravia to form Czechoslovakia. The eastern of the two constituent republics of Czechoslovakia, Slovakia became independent on the partition of that country on 1 January 1993
