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Slovakia
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republic (1995 est. pop. 5,432,000), 18,917 sq mi (48,995 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic in the west, by Austria in the southwest, by Hungary in the south, by Ukraine in the east, and by Poland in the north. Bratislava is the capital. Slovakia is divided into four administrative departments. Slovakia became an independent nation on Jan. 1, 1993, when Czechoslovakia was dissolved.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. (Copyright © 2002-2008 Columbia University Press.)
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Pronunciation:  sl -vä´k - , -v k´- from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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