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Definition: Slovak |
SlovakNoun1. A native or inhabitant of Slovakia. 2. The Slavic language spoken in Slovakia. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Slovak" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1897. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | Inhabitant of Slovakia. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Slovak."
Crosswords: Slovak |
| Specialty definitions using "Slovak": Central and Eastern European Countries ♦ Visegrad Countries. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Slovak" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Serbo-Croatian (slovak), Swedish (slovak), Turkish (slovak). |
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Business | Its vehicles are very popular in the Slovak market. (references) | |
The outlook for the Slovak vehicle market is quite uncertain. (references) | ||
Imports of chemicals are important to the Slovak chemical market. (references) | ||
Children | Slovak Republic | While most ethnic Slovak and Hungarian children attend school on a regular basis, a high percentage of Roma children fail to regularly attend school; the percentage increases the higher the grade level in school. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Czech Republic | Some of these expulsions involve Slovak Roma who have never been in Slovakia. (references) |
Slovak Republic | In April 108 Slovak Roma applied for political asylum in Belgium; Belgium threatened to reinstate an entry visa requirement. (references) | |
Economic History | Slovak Rep | The main Slovak retailers are Rema 1000 and Terno. (references) |
Slovak Rep | Foreign business is attractive for Slovak entrepreneurs. (references) | |
Czech Republic | He was replaced as party leader by a Slovak, Alexander Dubcek. (references) | |
Human Rights | Colombia | The two remaining German hostages were released on October 12. A Slovak priest was kidnaped in September but quickly released. (references) |
Slovak Republic | In October Slovak investigators charged seven police officers with the crime of torture and cruelty as well as manslaughter for their role in the killing of Sendrei; the trial was pending at year's end. (references) | |
Minorities | Slovak Republic | In August 2000, SNS Member of Parliament Vitazolslv Moric proposed setting up reservations for Slovak Roma who refuse to assimilate into society. (references) |
Political Economy | Slovak Rep | Slovakia held parliamentary elections in September 1998, and a coalition government composed of the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK), Party of the Democratic Left (SDL), Party of Civic Understanding (SOP) and Party of the Hungarian Coalition (SMK) was able to defeat the previous government composed of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), Slovak National Party (SNS) and the Association of Slovak Workers (ZRS). Election results gave the HZDS 43 seats in parliament, the SDK 42 seats, the SDL 23 seats, the SMK 15 seats, the SNS 14 seats and the SOP 13 seats. (references) |
Political Rights | Slovak Republic | Legislative power is vested in the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Parliament). (references) |
Czech Republic | For the most part, these Slovaks define their interests in the context of national politics, not along ethnic lines; there is no Slovak party in Parliament. (references) | |
Trade | Slovak Rep | It is called the Slovak National Clearing Center. (references) |
Slovak Rep | The full range of EXIM services are available for export transactions with Slovak companies. (references) | |
Slovak Rep | Normal commercial financing is possible in Slovakia but can be difficult to obtain for Slovak companies. (references) | |
Travel | Slovak Rep | The number of Slovak Internet users is growing steadily. (references) |
Slovak Rep | Travelers should expect to pay for services in Slovak crowns. (references) | |
Slovak Rep | There have been no travel advisories issued for the Slovak Republic. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Slovak Republic | There also were reports that Slovak women were trafficked to Western Europe with promises of work as models, waitresses, and au pairs. (references) |
Slovak Republic | According to a report on trafficking in women issued by the Swedish National Criminal Investigation Department in March 1999, women from the Slovak Republic work in Sweden as prostitutes. (references) | |
Slovak Republic | Some women from Russia and Ukraine reportedly were trafficked through the Slovak Republic on their way to countries such as Turkey, Greece, Italy, Germany, and Serbia, where they also were forced to work as prostitutes. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Slovak" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 88.70% of the time. "Slovak" is used about 292 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 88.7% | 259 | 18,370 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.9% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.4% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 292 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Slovak" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Slovak | Last name | 400 | 19,968 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "Slovak": slovak Republic. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "Slovak": slovak-born, slovak-hungarian. | |
Ending with "Slovak": czech-slovak. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Afrikaans | Slowakies, Slowaaks, Slowaak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sllovak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | словашки, словак. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 斯洛伐克語 , 斯洛伐克族. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | slovenský (slovakian), slovenština (slovakian), slovák (slovakian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | slovak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Slowaaks, Slowaak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | slovako, slovaka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | slovakialainen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | slovaque (Slovak woman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | slowakisch (slovakian), slowakin, slowake. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σλοβάκοσ, Σλοβάκος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szlovák (Slovak woman), tót nyelv, tót ember, tót, szlovák nyelv, szlovák ember. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | slovacco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 슬로"키아. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Slovackagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovakslay Słowak. (various references) eslovaco. (various references) slovac, limba slovacã. (various references) словацкий, словак. (various references) slovak, slovački jezik, slovački. (various references) eslovaco. (various references) slovak. (various references) slovakça, slovak. (various references) словацька мова, словацький, словак. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Slovak" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ospovat, salofalk, Shobaki, Slorach, Solva. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-k-l-o-s-v" | |
-1 letter: kolas, ovals, salvo, skoal. | |
-2 letters: also, avos, koas, kola, kvas, lavs, oaks, okas, oval, soak, sola. | |
-3 letters: als, ask, avo, kas, koa, kos, las, lav, oak, oka, ova, sal, ska, sol, vas. | |
-4 letters: al, as, ka, la, lo, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-k-l-o-s-v" | |
+2 letters: lavrocks, souvlaki, zelkovas. | |
+3 letters: gavelocks, havelocks, laverocks, overtalks, souvlakia, souvlakis, walkovers. | |
+4 letters: souvlakias. | |
+5 letters: lovemakings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6C 6F 76 61 6B |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .-.. --- ...- .- -.- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100001 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S l o v a k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006C 006F 0076 0061 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537881886777 |
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