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SLOVENIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Slovenia mean? 

SLOVENIA (noun)
  The noun SLOVENIA has 1 sense:

1. a mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991play

  Familiarity information: SLOVENIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLOVENIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Republic of Slovenia; Slovenia; Slovenija

Instance hypernyms:

European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Slovenia"):

Ljubljana (the capital of Slovenia)

Meronyms (members of "Slovenia"):

Slovene (a native of Slovenia)

Slovenian (a native or inhabitant of Slovenia)

Derivation:

Slovenian (of or relating to or characteristic of Slovenia or its people or language)


 Context examples 


Environment Minister Sarney Filho will uphold that when the International Whaling Commission votes on the issue on 24 October in Slovenia.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

A country in southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia.

(Croatia, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person having origins in any of the countries of Eastern Europe such as Czechoslovakia, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Former Soviet Union, or Finland.

(Eastern European, NCI Thesaurus)

In the UK, Austria, Greece, Malta, Slovenia and Liechtenstein population growth rates declined in 2007 but have made a comeback in 2008.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

Now, it is expected that the required votes will be obtained at the upcoming meeting on 20-28 October in Portoroz, Slovenia.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)



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