Country · SK

Slovakia in other languages: exonyms, Bratislava, regions and anthem

Slovakia is Slovensko in Slovak, officially Slovenská republika, with the ISO codes SK, SVK and 703. The country name is given in 180 languages and variants and Bratislava in 69, followed by the eight regions and the words of the anthem.

Official languagesSlovak (slovenčina)

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

ratio 2:3

alpha-2: SK
alpha-3: SVK
numeric: 703

Slovensko Slovak · Latin

Slovenská republika

English: SlovakiaSlovak Republic
Capital: BratislavaBratislava

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.

01 · Exonyms

Slovakia in other languages: list of exonyms

Slovakia in 180 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Breton, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, Indonesian, Javanese, Greenlandic, Lingala, Norwegian, Novial, Swahili	eng / bre / fao / fin / fkv / ind / jav / kal / lin / nor / nov / swa	Slovakia	same as written
Asturian, Galician, Occitan, Spanish	ast / glg / oci / spa	Eslovaquia	same as written
Corsican, Italian, Sicilian	cos / ita / scn	Slovacchia	same as written
Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak	crh / gag / kaa	Slovakiya / Словакия	Slovakiya
German, Luxembourgish, Low German	deu / ltz / nds	Slowakei	same as written
French, Franco-Provençal, Jersey Norman French	fra / frp / jnf	Slovaquie	same as written
Hausa, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi	hau / kin / run	Slovakiya	same as written
Interlingua, Romansh, Aromanian, Ladin (Val Badia)	ina / roh / rup / lld	Slovachia	same as written
Czech, Slovak	ces / slk	Slovensko	same as written
Cornish, Haitian Creole	cor / hat	Slovaki	same as written
Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian	dsb / hsb	Słowakska	same as written
Estonian, Võro	est / vor	Slovakkia	same as written
Afrikaans	afr	Slowakye	same as written
Aragonese	arg	Eslobaquia	same as written
Aymara	aym	Isluwaqiya	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Slovakiya / Словакија	Slovakiya
Bambara	bam	Silɔwaki	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Slovačka / Словачка	Slovačka
Catalan	cat	Eslovàquia	same as written
Kashubian	csb	Słowackô	same as written
Welsh	cym	Slofacia	same as written
Danish	dan	Slovakiet	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Slovakujo, Slovakio	same as written
Basque	eus	Eslovakia	same as written
North Frisian, Saterland Frisian	frr / stq	Slowakäi	same as written
West Frisian, Dutch	fry / nld	Slowakije	same as written
Friulian	fur	Slovachie	same as written
Scottish Gaelic	gla	An t-Slòbhac, Slobhaigia	same as written
Irish	gle	An tSlóvaic, An tSlóbhaic	same as written
Manx	glv	Yn Clovack	same as written
Guarani	grn	Elovakia	same as written
Croatian	hrv	Slovačka	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Szlovákia	same as written
Igbo	ibo	Slọvekia	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Slóvakía	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Slovakya / سلۆڤاکیا	Slovakya
Latin	lat	Slovachia, Slovakia, Slovacia	same as written
Latvian	lav	Slovākija	same as written
Limburgish	lim	Slowakieë	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Slovakija	same as written
Ladin (Gherdëina)	lld	Slabochia	same as written
Latgalian	ltg	Slovakeja	same as written
Malagasy	mlg	Slôvakia	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Slovakkja, Slovakja	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Slovacia / Словачия	Slovacia
Maori	mri	Horowākia	same as written
Malay	msa	Slovakia / سلوۏاكيا	Slovakia
Nahuatl	nah	Eslovaquitlān	same as written
Norman French	nrm	Eslovaqùie	same as written
Polish	pol	Słowacja	same as written
Portuguese	por	Eslováquia	same as written
Quechua	que	Isluwakya	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Slovaiko / स्लोवाइको	Slovaiko
Romanian	ron	Slovacia	same as written
Slovio	slo	Slovakia / Словакиа, Slovakzem / Словакзем	Slovakia, Slovakzem
Slovenian	slv	Slovaška	same as written
Northern Sami	sme	Slovákia	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Slovakėjė	same as written
Samoan	smo	Solovakia	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Sllovakia	same as written
Sardinian	srd	Islovàkia	same as written
Swedish	swe	Slovakien	same as written
Silesian	szl	Suowacyjo	same as written
Tetum	tet	Eslovákia	same as written
Tagalog	tgl	Slobakya	same as written
Tongan	ton	Silōvakia	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Slowakiýa / Словакия	Slowakiýa
Turkish	tur	Slovakya, İslovakya	same as written
Tamazight	tzm	Slufakya / ⵙⵍⵓⴼⴰⴽⵢⴰ	Slufakya
Uzbek	uzb	Slovakiya / Словакия / سلاۋەكىيە	Slovakiya
Veps	vep	Slovakii	same as written
Vietnamese	vie	Xlô-va-ki-a	same as written
Volapük	vol	Slovakän	same as written
Walloon	wln	Eslovakeye	same as written
Wolof	wol	Eslowaaki	same as written
Zazaki	zza	Slowakya	same as written
Old Church Slavonic	chu	Словѣ́ньско	Slově́nĭsko
Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk	abq / alt / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal	Словакия	Slovakija
Chuvash, Ossetian	chv / oss	Словаки	Slovaki
Abkhaz	abk	Словакиа	Slovakia
Bashkir	bak	Словакия / Slovakiya	Slovakiya
Belarusian	bel	Славакія / Słavakija, Славаччына / Słavaččyna	Słavakija, Słavaččyna
Chechen	che	Словаки / Slovaki	Slovaki
Kazakh	kaz	Словакия / سلوۆاكيا / Slovakïya	Slovakïya
Kabardian	kbd	Словакиэ	Slovakiă
Kyrgyz	kir	Словакия / سلوۋاكىيا / Slovakiya	Slovakiya
Kurdish (Caucasus)	kmr	Словаки / Slovakî / سلۆڤاکی, Славаки / Slavakî / سلاڤاکی	Slovakî, Slavakî
Meadow Mari	mhr	Словакий	Slovakij
Macedonian	mkd	Словачка	Slovačka
Mongolian	mon	Словак	Slovak
Rusyn	rue	Словеньско	Sloven'sko
Serbian	srp	Словачка / Slovačka	Slovačka
Tatar	tat	Словакия / Slovakiä / سلوۋاكىيە	Slovakiä
Tajik	tgk	Словакия / سلاوکیه / Slovakija	Slovakija
Ukrainian	ukr	Словаччина	Slovaččyna
Arabic	ara	سلوفاكيا	Silūfākiyā
South Azerbaijani	azb	سلوواکییا / Slovakiya	Slovakiya
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	سلۆڤاکیا / Slovakya	Slovakya
Persian	fas	اسلواکی / اسلوواکی / Eslovâki	Eslovâki
Western Punjabi	pnb	سلویکیا	Slōvēkiyā
Dari	prs	سلواکیا	Slovākiyā
Pashto	pus	سلوواکيا, سلوواکي	Slōwākiyā, Slowākī
Uyghur	uig	سلوۋاكىيە / Slowakiye / Словакия	Slowakiye
Urdu	urd	سلواکیا, سلوواکیا, سلویکیا, سلوواکیہ	Slovākiyā, Slōvākiyā, Slovēkiyā, Slōvākiyâ
Dhivehi	div	ސްލޯވެކިއާ	Slōvekiā
Syriac	syr	ܣܠܘܦܟܝܐ, ܣܠܘܒܩܝܐ	Slōpakiyā, Slōbaqiyā
Hebrew	heb	סלובקיה, סלובאקיה	Slōṿaqyah, Slōṿāqyah
Ladino	lad	איסלובﬞאקיה / Eslovakia	Eslovakia
Yiddish	yid	סלאָװאַקײַ	Slovakay
Amharic	amh	ስሎቫኪያ	Slovakiya
Greek	ell	Σλοβακία	Slovakía
Armenian	hye	Սլովակիա	Slovakia
Georgian, Mingrelian	kat / xmf	სლოვაკეთი, სლოვაკია	Slovakeṭi, Slovakia
Laz	lzz	სლოვაკია / Slovak’ia	Slovak’ia
Hindi	hin	स्लोवाकिया, स्लोवेकिया	Slovākiyā, Slovekiyā
Nepali	nep	स्लोभाकिया	Slobʰākiyā
Bengali	ben	স্লোভাকিয়া	Slobʰākiyā
Gujarati	guj	સ્લોવાકિયા	Slovākiyā
Odia	ori	ସ୍ଲୋଭାକିଆ	Slobʰākiā
Punjabi	pan	ਸਲੋਵਾਕੀਆ	Slovākīā
Sinhala	sin	ස්‍ලොවැකියාව	Slovækiyāva
Kannada	kan	ಸ್ಲೊವಾಕಿಯ	Slovākiya
Malayalam	mal	സ്ലോവാക്യ	Slōvākya
Tamil	tam	ஸ்லொவாக்கியா	Slovākkiyā
Telugu	tel	స్లొవాకియా	Slovākiyā
Chinese	zho	斯洛伐克	Sīluòfákè
Cantonese	yue	斯洛伐克	Sīlāaifahāk
Japanese	jpn	スロヴァキア, スロバキア	Surovakia, Surobakia
Korean	kor	슬로바키아	Seullobakia
Tibetan	bod	སི་ལོ་ཕ་ཁེ།, སི་ལོ་ཏྥུ་ཁེ།	Si.lo.pʰa.kʰe, Si.lo.tpʰu.kʰe
Burmese	mya	ဆလိုဗက်ကီးယား	Sʰálobeʿkìyà
Thai	tha	สโลวาเกีย	Salōwākiya
Lao	lao	ສະໂລວາກີ	Salōvākī
Khmer	khm	ស្លូវ៉ាគី	Slūvākī

Czech shares the Slovak form Slovensko. Ukrainian Словаччина and Slovenian Slovaška build the name with their own suffixes, and Japanese has two katakana spellings, with ヴァ and with バ.

02 · NamesU+013E LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH CARON

Slovensko, Slowakei, Pressburg

The Slovak name is Slovensko, the state Slovenská republika, the adjective slovenský and the language slovenčina. The root is the same as in Slovenia, so Slovak and Czech use a separate word, Slovinsko, for the other country.

Most languages build Slovakia from a Latin or French model: Slovaquie in French, Slovacchia in Italian, Slowakei in German, Szlovákia in Hungarian, Słowacja in Polish. Arabic writes سلوفاكيا, Chinese 斯洛伐克 (Sīluòfákè).

For the capital two older names live on. German speakers knew the city as Pressburg and Hungarians as Pozsony, and both forms stand in the table next to Bratislava. Latin offers the widest choice, with Bratislavia, Posonium, Istropolis and Danubiopolis.

03 · Bratislava

Bratislava in other languages

Bratislava in 69 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, French, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Samogitian	eng / fra / lav / lit / slk / smg	Bratislava	same as written
Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Moldovan	aze / bos / mol	Bratislava / Братислава	Bratislava
German, Luxembourgish, Low German	deu / ltz / nds	Pressburg, Bratislava	same as written
Kashubian, Polish	csb / pol	Bratysława	same as written
Aragonese	arg	Bratislaba	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Bratislavo	same as written
Friulian	fur	Bratislave	same as written
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Brataslàbha	same as written
Irish	gle	An Bhratasláiv	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Pozsony	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Bratîslava / براتیسلاڤا	Bratîslava
Latin	lat	Bratislavia, Posonium, Istropolis, Danubiopolis	same as written
Limburgish	lim	Bratislawa	same as written
Malay	msa	Bratislava / براتيسلاۏا	Bratislava
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Bratislava / ब्रातिस्लावा	Bratislava
Northern Sami	sme	Bratisláva	same as written
Silesian	szl	Bratysuawa	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Bratislawa / Братислава	Bratislawa
Uzbek	uzb	Bratislava / Братислава / برەتىسلەۋە	Bratislava
Old Church Slavonic, Bulgarian, Russian	chu / bul / rus	Братислава	Bratislava
Belarusian	bel	Братыслава / Bratysłava, Браціслава / Bracisłava	Bratysłava, Bracisłava
Chuvash	chv	Братиславӑ	Bratislavă
Kazakh	kaz	Братислава / براتيسلاۆا / Bratïslava	Bratïslava
Kabardian	kbd	Братиславэ	Bratislavă
Kyrgyz	kir	Братислава / براتئسلاۋا / Bratislava	Bratislava
Mongolian	mon	Братислав	Bratislav
Ossetian	oss	Братиславӕ	Bratislavä
Serbian	srp	Братислава / Bratislava	Bratislava
Tatar	tat	Братислава / Bratislava / براتىسلاۋا	Bratislava
Tajik	tgk	Братислава / برتیسلوه / Bratislava	Bratislava
Ukrainian	ukr	Братислава	Bratyslava
Arabic	ara	براتسلافا, براتيسلافا	Brātislāfā, Brātīslāfā
South Azerbaijani	azb	براتیسلاوا / Bratislava	Bratislava
Persian	fas	براتیسلاوا / Barâtislâvâ	Barâtislâvâ
Western Punjabi	pnb	براٹیسلاوا	Brāṫīslāvā
Pashto	pus	براتيسلاوا	Brātīslāwā
Uyghur	uig	براتىسلاۋا / Bratislawa / Братислава	Bratislawa
Urdu	urd	براتیسلاوا	Brātīslāvā
Syriac	syr	ܒܪܛܝܣܠܐܒܐ	Braṭīslābā
Hebrew	heb	ברטיסלבה, ברטיסלאבה	Braṭīslaṿah, Braṭīslāṿah
Yiddish	yid	בראַטיסלאַװאַ, פּרעסבורג	Bratislava, Presburg
Amharic	amh	ብራቲስላቫ	Bratislava
Greek	ell	Μπρατισλάβα	Mpratisláva
Armenian	hye	Բրատիսլավա	Bratislava
Georgian	kat	ბრატისლავა	Bratislava
Hindi	hin	ब्रातिस्लावा	Brātislāvā
Nepali	nep	ब्राटिस्लावा	Brāṭislāvā
Bengali	ben	ব্রাতিস্লাভা	Brātislābʰā
Punjabi	pan	ਬਰਾਟੀਸਲਾਵਾ	Brāṭīslāvā
Kannada	kan	ಬ್ರಟಿಸ್ಲಾವ	Braṭislāva
Tamil	tam	ப்ராடிஸ்லாவா	Prāṭislāvā
Telugu	tel	బ్రాటిస్లావా	Brāṭislāvā
Chinese	zho	布拉提斯拉伐	Bùlādísīlāfá
Japanese	jpn	ブラチスラヴァ	Burachisurava
Korean	kor	브라티슬라바	Beuratiseullaba
Thai	tha	บราทิสลาวา, บราติสลาวา	Brātʰitlāwā, Brātitlāwā
Khmer	khm	ប្រាទីសឡាវ៉ា, ប្រាធីស្លាវា	Brātīsḷāvā, Brātʰīslāvā

The older names survive in other languages: Pressburg in German, Pozsony in Hungarian, and in Latin Posonium and Istropolis beside the modern Bratislavia.

04 · Regions

The eight regions of Slovakia (kraje) with ISO 3166-2 codes

Slovakia has eight regions (kraje), each named after its seat. ISO 3166-2:SK codes them with two letters, from SK-BC for the Banská Bystrica region to SK-ZI for Žilina. Below the regions are 79 districts (okresy).

Slovakia, ISO 3166-2:SK: 8 regions
ISO 3166-2	Slovak	English	Administrative centre
Regions kraje8
SK-BC	Banskobystrický kraj	Banská Bystrica Region	Banská BystricaBanská Bystrica
SK-BL	Bratislavský kraj	Bratislava Region	BratislavaBratislava
SK-KI	Košický kraj	Košice Region	KošiceKošice
SK-NI	Nitriansky kraj	Nitra Region	NitraNitra
SK-PV	Prešovský kraj	Prešov Region	PrešovPrešov
SK-TA	Trnavský kraj	Trnava Region	TrnavaTrnava
SK-TC	Trenčiansky kraj	Trenčín Region	TrenčínTrenčín
SK-ZI	Žilinský kraj	Žilina Region	ŽilinaŽilina

Codes and names: ISO 3166-2:SK on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:SK, checked 28 October 2026; no change to the entry is recorded since the regions were reintroduced in 1996.

All 79 districts with Hungarian, Czech and Polish names

05 · Regions

Regions, districts and the names of the south

The kraje were abolished in 1990 and created again in 1996 together with the 79 districts. Since 2002 each region is also a self-governing region (samosprávny kraj) with the same borders. Bratislava is split into five districts and Košice into four, numbered with Roman numerals.

In the south, along the Hungarian border, many districts have a Hungarian name in everyday use: Komárno is Komárom, Dunajská Streda Dunaszerdahely. The subdivisions page lists those names, and the Czech and Polish ones of the western and northern regions, district by district.

06 · AnthemU+00FD LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE

Nad Tatrou sa blýska, the national anthem

Janko Matúška wrote the song in 1844 to a folk tune. Its first stanza formed the Slovak half of the Czechoslovak anthem from 1918; in 1993 the first two stanzas became the anthem of Slovakia. Lightning over the Tatras, thunder that wakes the country:

Nad Tatrou sa blýska
hromy divo bijú.
Zastavme ich bratia,
ved’ sa ony stratia,
Slováci ožijú.
/ To Slovensko naše
posiaľ tvrdo spalo.
Ale blesky hromu
vzbudzujú ho k tomu,
aby sa prebralo.

07 · Questions

Questions about the names and regions of Slovakia

What is Slovakia called in Slovak?

Slovensko; the official name is Slovenská republika, the Slovak Republic.

What was Bratislava called before 1919?

Pressburg in German and Pozsony in Hungarian; Latin texts used Posonium.

How many regions and districts does Slovakia have?

Eight regions (kraje), coded SK-BC to SK-ZI in ISO 3166-2, and 79 districts (okresy).