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ID: 7011765
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011765
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Slovakia (nation)  Slovakia (nation)

Coordinates:
Lat: 48 40 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 48.6667  decimal degrees
Long: 019 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 19.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Inhabited by agriculturists by 5th millennium BCE; settled by Illyrian, Celtic and Germanic tribes from 1st century CE; Slavic Slovaks (akin to Czechs) entered from Silesia 6th century; ruled by Hungary 11th century, later by Hapsburgs; part of Czechoslovakia after WW I; main language is Slovak, though Czech, Hungarian and Ukrainian are also spoken.

Names:
Slovensko (preferred,C,V,Slovak-P,U,N)
Slovenská Republika (C,V,O,Slovak,U,N)
Slovakia (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Slovak Republic (C,O,English,U,N)
Slovaquie (C,O,French-P,U,N)
République Slovaque (C,O,French,U,N)
Eslovaquia (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
República Eslovaca (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
Slowakei (C,O,German-P,U,N)
Slovakije (C,O,Flemish-P,U,N)
Slowakije (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
Словакия (C,O,Russian-P,U)
Словацкая Республика (C,O,Russian,U)
斯洛伐克 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
斯洛伐克共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
س وَفاه اَ (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
الجهور ةً اسً وَفاةَ (C,O,Arabic,U)
SVK (C,O,ISO3L)
SK (C,O,ISO2L)
ISO703 (C,O,ISO3N)
LO00 (C,O,FIPS)
Slovak (C,O,English,U,A)
Slovakian (C,V,English,U,A)
סלובקיה (C,U,Hebrew )
Slovak Socialist Republic (H,O)  ............ 1960-1990
Slovenská Socialistická Republika (H,V)  ............ 1960-1990
Slovenské Kraje (H,V)  ............ 1960-1990

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Slovakia (nation)  ........  Slovakia (nation) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Eastern Europe (general region)  ........  Eastern Europe (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Slovakia (nation)  ............  Slovakia (nation) (P)

Place Types:
nation (preferred, C)  ............  formed when Czechoslovakia split on January 1, 1993
primary political unit (C)
independent sovereign nation (C)
republic (C)

Related geographic places:
capital is ....  Pressburg .......... (inhabited place)
..................  (World, Europe, Slovakia, Bratislavský) [7006465]
member of ....  European Union .......... (union)
................  (World, Europe) [7030305]
................  since 2004
member of ....  Euro Zone .......... (union)
................  (World, Europe) [7033130]
member of ....  United Nations .......... (organization)
................  (World) [7029605]
................  joined organization in 1993

Sources and Contributors:
Словакия..........  [VP]
.................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 30 July 2013
Словацкая Республика..........  [VP]
...................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 30 July 2013
斯洛伐克..........  [VP]
...........  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 30 July 2013
斯洛伐克共和国..........  [VP]
.................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 30 July 2013
الجهور ةً اسً وَفاةَ..........  [VP]
...................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 30 July 2013
س وَفاه اَ..........  [VP]
.......................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 30 July 2013
סלובקיה..........  [IMJ]
.................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Eslovaquia..........  [VP]
.......................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 80
ISO703..........  [VP]
.................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 20
LO00..........  [VP]
...........  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 48
República Eslovaca..........  [VP]
...................................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 28 July 2009
République Slovaque..........  [VP]
...................................  ISO Newsletter (1993) 1993-06-15, III-49
SK..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Country Codes (1996) 20
Slovak..........  [VP]
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 33
Slovakia..........  [BHA, IMJ Preferred, VP]
.................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1991) I-164
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 185
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 356
.................  Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) 92
.................  Two New Countries, New York Times (1993)
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 80
Slovakian..........  [VP]
....................  Oxford English Dictionary [online] (2002-)
Slovakije..........  [VP]
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
Slovak Republic..........  [VP]
.............................  Czechoslovakia, Los Angeles Times (1992)
Slovak Socialist Republic..........  [VP]
............................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XVI, 905 ff., & III, 836-837
Slovaquie..........  [BHA, VP]
....................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 80
Slovenská Republika..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  LC Memorandum (1993)
...................................  Rand McNally Atlas (1991) I-164
...................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 30 July 2013
Slovenská Socialistická Republika..........  [VP]
........................................................  Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-197
Slovenské Kraje..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Slovensko..........  [BHA, VP]
....................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
....................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
....................  Rand McNally Atlas (1991) I-164
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 185; plate 62
....................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 28 July 2009
....................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Slowakei..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 320
Slowakije..........  [VP]
....................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) II, 700
SVK..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Newsletter (1993) 1993-06-15, III-49
Subject: .....  [BHA, IMJ, VP]
..................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Czechoslovakia, Los Angeles Times (1992)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XVI, 905 ff., & III, 836-837
..................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) II, 700
..................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 20
..................  ISO Newsletter (1993) 1993-06-15, III-49
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  LC Memorandum (1993)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 48
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-197
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1991) I-164
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 320
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 185; plate 62
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 356
..................  Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) 92
..................  Two New Countries, New York Times (1993)
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 80
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 33
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)

 

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