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slovenia

/sloʊˈvi.ni.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
slove-nia
IPA
/sloʊˈvi.ni.ə/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Slovene Slovẹ́nəcbor. German Slowenebor. English Slovene Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Slovenia Slovene (from German, from Slovene) + -ia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sloʊˈvi.ni.ə/
  • British English: /sləʊˈviː.ni.ə/

Phrases

Countries of the world

Frequently Paired Words

Slovene Countries of the world

Rhymes With

armenia schizophrenia sardinia eugenia xenia vaccinia neurasthenia robinia

Questions

How do you pronounce slovenia?
The recorded pronunciation is /sloʊˈvi.ni.ə/.
What does slovenia mean?
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Slovenia. Capital and largest city: Ljubljana. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.
Where does slovenia come from?
It is traced to German.

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