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Slovenia
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slovenia Slovènia Slóvenía
English
thumb|240px|Flag of Slovenia
Etymology
en :af Slovene -ia 1
en Slovene (from en de -, from en sl -) + en -ia place.
Pronunciation
en /sləʊˈviː.ni.ə/ /sləʊˈviːn.jə/ UK
en /sloʊˈvi.ni.ə/ /sloʊˈvin.jə/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Slovenia.wav UK
en en-us-Slovenia.ogg US
Proper noun
en Q215en country on the r/Balkan Peninsula in r/Central Europe Ljubljana Republic of Slovenia 1. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.
en w:National Geographic 1990 August 178 2 Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided Kenneth C. Danforth 104 One of the "peasant nations" of the Habsburg empire, Slovenia emerged in 1918 from six centuries of Austrian rule as Yugoslavia's most westernized republic.
Related terms
en Slovene
Translations
Q215 country in Europe
Abkhaz: ab Словентәыла, ab Словениа
Afrikaans: af Slowenië
Albanian: sq Slloveni f indefinite, sq Sllovenia f definite
Amharic: am ስሎቬኒያ
Arabic: ar سُلُوفِينِيَا f
Hijazi Arabic: acw سلوڤينيا f slovīniya
Aramaic: arc ܣܠܘܒܢܝܐ
Armenian: hy Սլովենիա
Aromanian: rup Sluvenii f, rup Sluvinii f, rup Slovenii indefinite, rup Sluvenia f, rup Sluvinia f, rup Slovenia f dedinite
Assamese: as স্লোভেনিয়া
Asturian: ast Eslovenia
Azerbaijani: az Sloveniya
Bashkir: ba Словения
Basque: eu Eslovenia
Belarusian: be Славе́нія f
Bengali: bn স্লোভেনিয়া
Breton: br Slovenia
Bulgarian: bg Слове́ния f
Burmese: my ဆလိုဗေးနီးယား
Buryat: bua Словени
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Слове́нія f
Catalan: ca Eslovènia
Chechen: ce Словени
Cherokee: chr ᏍᎶᏫᏂᎠ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 斯洛維尼亞 si1 lok6 wai4 nei4 aa3, yue 斯洛文尼亞 si1 lok6 man4 nei4 aa3
Mandarin: cmn 斯洛文尼亞 Sīluòwénníyǎ, Taiwan cmn 斯洛維尼亞 Sīluòwéiníyǎ
Chuvash: cv Словени
Crimean Tatar: crh Sloveniya
Czech: cs Slovinsko n
Danish: da Slovenien
Dhivehi: dv ސުލޮވީނިއާ
Dutch: nl Slovenië n
Esperanto: eo Slovenio, eo Slovenujo
Estonian: et Sloveenia
Farefare: gur Soloveŋo, gur Solveŋo
Faroese: fo Slovenia n
Finnish: fi Slovenia
French: fr Slovénie f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Sloveenje
Friulian: fur Slovenie
Gagauz: gag Sloveniya
Galician: gl Eslovenia f
Georgian: ka სლოვენია
German: de Slowenien n
Greek: el Σλοβενία f
Gujarati: gu સ્લોવેનિયા
Hausa: ha Sloveniya, ha Sulobeniya
Hebrew: he סְלוֹבֶנְיָה f slovénya
Hindi: hi स्लोवेनिया m
Hungarian: hu Szlovénia
Icelandic: is Slóvenía f
Ido: io Slovenia
Indonesian: id Slovenia
Irish: ga Slóivéin f An tSlóivéin
Italian: it Slovenia f
Japanese: ja スロヴェニア Surovenia, ja スロベニア Surobenia
Kannada: kn ಸ್ಲೊವೇನಿಯ
Karakalpak: kaa Sloveniya
Kashubian: csb Słoweniô f
Kazakh: kk Словения
Khmer: km ស្លូវេនី
Korean: ko ^슬로베니아
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Slovenya f
Kyrgyz: ky Словения
Lao: lo ສະໂລເວນີ
Latin: la Slovēnia f New Latin
Latvian: lv Slovēnija f
Lithuanian: lt Slovėnija f
Macedonian: mk Словенија f
Malay: ms Slovenia
Malayalam: ml സ്ലൊവീന്യ
Maltese: is-mt Slovenja
Māori: mi Horowinia
Marathi: mr स्लोव्हेनिया
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Словени
Mongolian script: mn ᠰᠯᠤᠸᠧᠨ᠋ᠢ
Navajo: nv Táʼídziilnii Bikéyah
Nepali: ne स्लोभेनिया
Norman: nrf Slovénie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Slovenia
Nynorsk: nn Slovenia n
Odia: or ସ୍ଲୋଭେନିଆ
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Словѣнїꙗ f modern
Glagolitic: cu Ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱑⱀⰻⱑ f modern
Pashto: ps سلوويني f sloweni
Persian:
Dari: prs سلونیا
Iranian Persian: fa-ira اِسْلووِنی esloveni
Polish: pl Słowenia f
Portuguese:
Brazilian Portuguese: pt Eslovênia f
European Portuguese: pt Eslovénia f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਸਲੋਵੇਨੀਆ m
Quechua: qu Isluwinya
Romanian: ro Slovenia f
Russian: ru Слове́ния f
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Slovenia
Samogitian: sgs Slovienėjė f
Scots: sco Slovenie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Сло̀ве̄нија f
Latin: sh Slòvēnija f
Shan: shn မိူင်းသလူဝ်ႇဝေးၼီးယႃး
Silesian: szl Słowyńijo f
Sinhalese: si ස්ලොවෙනියාව
Slovak: sk Slovinsko
Slovene: sl Slovénija f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Słowjeńska f
Upper Sorbian: hsb Słowjenska f
Spanish: es Eslovenia f
Swahili: sw Slovenia
Swedish: sv Slovenien c
Tagalog: tl Eslobenya, tl Islobenya
Tajik: tg Словения
Tamil: ta சுலோவீனியா
Tatar: tt Словения
Telugu: te స్లోవేనియా
Thai: th สโลวีเนีย
Tibetan: bo སི་ལོ་ཝེ་ནི་ཡ
Tigrinya: ti ስሎቬኒያ
Turkish: tr Slovenya
Turkmen: tk Sloweniýa
Ukrainian: uk Слове́нія f
Urdu: ur سْلووینِیا m
Uyghur: ug سلوۋېنىيە
Uzbek: uz Sloveniya
Vietnamese: vi Xlô-ven-ni-a
Võro: vro Sloveeniä
Yakut: sah Словения
Yiddish: yi סלאָוועניע f
Yoruba: yo Silofania
Zhuang: za Slovenia
See also
Countries of the world
Anagrams
en aeilnosv Lievanos
en exonyms
Faroese
Etymology
From fo sl Slovénija.
Pronunciation
fo /sloˈveː.ni.a/
Proper noun
fo proper noun n
fo Slovenia Q215
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi de Slowenien.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Slovenia Q215
Declension
sg Sloveni a
Derived terms
fi slovenia slovenialainen
See also
Ido
io:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
io proper noun
io Slovenia Q215
See also
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
id la-new Slovēnia
Pronunciation
Slo.vé.ni.a
Proper noun
id Slovenia Q215
Noun
Slovene
Adjective
Slovene
See also
Italian
it:
Etymology
it :af sloveno -ia :bor sl:Slovẹ́nija 1
From it sloveno -ia or directly it sl Slovẹ́nija 1.
Pronunciation
Slovènia<audio:LL-Q652 (ita)-XANA000-Slovenia.wav>
Proper noun
f
it Slovenia Q215
Related terms
it sloveno
See also
Anagrams
it aeilnosv lesinavo
it exonyms
Latin
la:
Proper noun
Slovēnia<1>
la New Latin la Slovenia Q215
Declension
Slovēnia<1>
Malay
ms:
Etymology
ms :bor en:Slovenia
ms en Slovenia
Pronunciation
Slo.vé.ni.a
Proper noun
سلوۏينيا
ms Slovenia Q215
Noun
سلوۏينيا
Slovene
Adjective
سلوۏينيا
Slovene
Norwegian Bokmål
no
thumb|The flag of Slovenia.
thumb|The location of Slovenia in Europe.
thumb|Mount Triglav in the Julian Alps of northwestern Slovenia.
Etymology
nb, based ultimately on Slovene sl Slovenija Slovẹ́nija Slovenia. The country is named after the Slovenes. The ethnonym sl Slovenec Slovẹ́nec Slovene continues nb sla-pro *slověninъ Slav and is probably related to sla-pro *slovo word, though its deeper origin remains uncertain.
Parallel international forms include nn Slovenia, fo Slovenia, fi Slovenia, is Slóvenía, da Slovenien, sv Slovenien, de Slowenien, nl Slovenië, pl Słowenia, ro Slovenia and en Slovenia.
Pronunciation
nb /¹slʊˈʋeː.ni.a/ [ʃlʊˈʋèː.nɪ.a]
nb eːnia 4
nb Slo ve ni a
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Slovenia; nb country on the r/Balkan Peninsula in r/Central Europe Ljubljana.
nb Vi reiste gjennom Slovenia på vei til Adriaterhavet. We travelled through Slovenia on our way to the Adriatic Sea.
nb 8 June 2026 Nils Petter Thuesen Sten Lundbo Slovenia Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Slovenia Slovenia er et land i Sentral-Europa. Slovenia is a country in Central Europe. https://web.archive.org/web/20260811044000/https://snl.no/Slovenia 11 August 2026
Usage notes
The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Slovenia (“the Republic of Slovenia”).
Related terms
nb slovener a Slovene; a Slovenian
nb slovensk Slovene; Slovenian
nb Jugoslavia Yugoslavia
See also
References
“Navn på stater” by no Språkrådet.
“Slovenia” in Store norske leksikon.
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Slovenia Q215
Related terms
nn sloven, nn slovenar
nn slovensk
Romanian
ro:
Etymology
ro :af sloven -ia + 1
Pronunciation
ro [sloˈve.ni.a]
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Slovenia.wav
Proper noun
f
ro Slovenia Q215
Declension
Sloveni sg
Related terms
ro sloven
ro slovenă
See also
Sicilian
scn:
Proper noun
scn proper noun f
scn Slovenia Q215