slovakian

Slovakian is an adjective used to denote something related to Slovakia, its people, or its culture. In contemporary English, Slovak is the preferred term for both the people (a Slovak) and the language (the Slovak language). Slovakian appears in some contexts, including older writings or as a stylistic variant (for example, Slovakian folklore or Slovakian cuisine).

Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Poland to the north, by Ukraine to the east, by Hungary to the south, and by Austria to the west. The capital and largest city is Bratislava. The country covers about 49,000 square kilometers and has a population of around 5.4 million. The official language is Slovak, a West Slavic language written in the Latin alphabet with diacritics. Minority languages include Hungarian, Romani, and Ukrainian in some regions.

Historically, the territory of Slovakia was part of Great Moravia, later under the Kingdom of Hungary, and for much of the 20th century part of Czechoslovakia. Slovakia became an independent state on January 1, 1993, after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia. It is a member of the European Union and NATO, and it adopted the euro as its currency in 2009. Slovak culture features traditional folk music and crafts, with notable landscapes in the Tatra mountains and many medieval towns and castles.