Meanings
proper noun
- A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Slovenia. Capital and largest city: Ljubljana. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.
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.
1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 104
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱlewH-der.?
- Proto-Slavic*slov-
- Proto-Slavic*Slov-?
- Proto-Slavic*slověninъ
- SloveneSlovẹ́nəc
- GermanSlowene
- EnglishSlovene
- EnglishSlovenia
Slovene (from German, from Slovene) + -ia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Slowenië
- Sloweniëcountry in Europe
Arabic سُلُوفِينِيَا
- سُلُوفِينِيَا (sulūfīniyā)country in Europe
Basque Eslovenia
- Esloveniacountry in Europe
Bengali স্লোভেনিয়া
- স্লোভেনিয়া (slōbheniẏa)country in Europe
Brazilian Portuguese Eslovênia
- Eslovêniacountry in Europe
Bulgarian Слове́ния
- Слове́ния (Slovénija)country in Europe
Catalan Eslovènia
- Eslovèniacountry in Europe
Chinese Cantonese 斯洛維尼亞 /斯洛维尼亚, 斯洛文尼亞 /斯洛文尼亚
- 斯洛維尼亞 /斯洛维尼亚 (si¹ lok⁶ wai⁴ nei⁴ aa³)country in Europe
- 斯洛文尼亞 /斯洛文尼亚 (si¹ lok⁶ man⁴ nei⁴ aa³)country in Europe
Chinese Mandarin 斯洛文尼亞 /斯洛文尼亚, 斯洛維尼亞 /斯洛维尼亚
- 斯洛文尼亞 /斯洛文尼亚 (Sīluòwénníyǎ)country in Europe
- 斯洛維尼亞 /斯洛维尼亚 (Sīluòwéiníyǎ)country in Europe
Czech Slovinsko
- Slovinskocountry in Europe
Danish Slovenien
- Sloveniencountry in Europe
Dutch Slovenië
- Sloveniëcountry in Europe
Esperanto Slovenio, Slovenujo
- Sloveniocountry in Europe
- Slovenujocountry in Europe
Estonian Sloveenia
- Sloveeniacountry in Europe
European Portuguese Eslovénia
- Eslovéniacountry in Europe
Finnish Slovenia
- Sloveniacountry in Europe
French Slovénie
- Slovéniecountry in Europe
German Slowenien
- Sloweniencountry in Europe
Greek Σλοβενία
- Σλοβενία (Slovenía)country in Europe
Hebrew סְלוֹבֶנְיָה
- סְלוֹבֶנְיָה (slovénya)country in Europe
Hindi स्लोवेनिया
- स्लोवेनिया (sloveniyā)country in Europe
Hungarian Szlovénia
- Szlovéniacountry in Europe
Icelandic Slóvenía
- Slóveníacountry in Europe
Indonesian Slovenia
- Sloveniacountry in Europe
Irish An tSlóivéin
- An tSlóivéincountry in Europe
Italian Slovenia
- Sloveniacountry in Europe
Japanese スロヴェニア, スロベニア
- スロヴェニア (Surovenia)country in Europe
- スロベニア (Surobenia)country in Europe
Korean 슬로베니아
- 슬로베니아 (Seullobenia)country in Europe
Latin Slovēnia
- Slovēniacountry in Europe
Latvian Slovēnija
- Slovēnijacountry in Europe
Lithuanian Slovėnija
- Slovėnijacountry in Europe
Malay Slovenia
- Sloveniacountry in Europe
Māori Horowinia
- Horowiniacountry in Europe
Norwegian Bokmål Slovenia
- Sloveniacountry in Europe
Polish Słowenia
- Słoweniacountry in Europe
Punjabi ਸਲੋਵੇਨੀਆ
- ਸਲੋਵੇਨੀਆ (salovenīā)country in Europe
Romanian Slovenia
- Sloveniacountry in Europe
Russian Слове́ния
- Слове́ния (Slovénija)country in Europe
Slovak Slovinsko
- Slovinskocountry in Europe
Spanish Eslovenia
- Esloveniacountry in Europe
Swahili Slovenia
- Sloveniacountry in Europe
Swedish Slovenien
- Sloveniencountry in Europe
Tagalog Eslobenya, Islobenya
- Eslobenyacountry in Europe
- Islobenyacountry in Europe
Tamil சுலோவீனியா
- சுலோவீனியா (culōvīṉiyā)country in Europe
Thai สโลวีเนีย
- สโลวีเนีย (sà-loo-wii-niia)country in Europe
Turkish Slovenya
- Slovenyacountry in Europe
Ukrainian Слове́нія
- Слове́нія (Slovénija)country in Europe
Urdu سْلووینِیا
- سْلووینِیاcountry in Europe
Vietnamese Xlô-ven-ni-a
- Xlô-ven-ni-acountry in Europe
Yiddish סלאָוועניע
- סלאָוועניע (slovenye)country in Europe
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
Slovenia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slovenia
MLA
“Slovenia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slovenia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Slovenia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slovenia.
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