Etymology

Slovenia

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Today it means: A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Slovenia. Capital and largest city: Ljubljana. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991. Full definition →

English Slovene ← German Slowene ← Slovene Slovẹ́nəc
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱlewH-der.?
  2. Proto-Slavic*slov-
  3. Proto-Slavic*Slov-?
  4. Proto-Slavic*slověninъ
  5. SloveneSlovẹ́nəc
  6. GermanSlowene
  7. EnglishSlovene
  8. English todaySlovenia

Slovene (from German, from Slovene) + -ia.

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