Bratislava

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See also: Bratslav

English

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Etymology

From the name of Prince Bräslav.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbɹætɪˈslɑːvə/, /ˌbɹɑːtɪˈslɑːvə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Bratislava

  1. The capital city of Slovakia.
  2. The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Afrikaans

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Alternative forms

Proper noun

Bratislava

  1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Derived terms

Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bratislava f (related adjective bratislavský, demonym Bratislavan, female demonym Bratislavanka)

  1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Declension

Declension of Bratislava (sg-only hard feminine)
singular
nominative Bratislava
genitive Bratislavy
dative Bratislavě
accusative Bratislavu
vocative Bratislavo
locative Bratislavě
instrumental Bratislavou

Further reading

  • “Bratislava”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “Bratislava”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “Bratislava”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
  • “Bratislava” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz

Danish

Proper noun

Bratislava

  1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Dutch

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Etymology

Ultimately from Slovak Bratislava. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbraː.tɪsˈlaː.vaː/, /ˌbraː.tisˈlaː.vaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Proper noun

Bratislava n

  1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Synonyms

Estonian

Proper noun

Bratislava

  1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Slovak Bratislava

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁatɪsˈlaːva/, /ˈbʁatɪsˌlava/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Proper noun

Bratislava n (proper noun, genitive Bratislavas or (optionally with an article) Bratislava)

  1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Declension

Declension of Bratislava
singular
def. noun
nominative das Bratislava
genitive des Bratislavas, Bratislava1
dative dem Bratislava
accusative das Bratislava

1Optionally with an article.

Synonyms

Icelandic

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Proper noun

Bratislava n (proper noun, genitive singular Bratislava)

  1. Bratislava (the capital of Slovakia)

Declension

Declension of Bratislava (sg-only neuter)
indefinite singular
nominative Bratislava
accusative Bratislava
dative Bratislava
genitive Bratislava

Lithuanian

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Proper noun

Bratislava f

  1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Proper noun

Bratislava

  1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brǎtislaʋa/
  • Hyphenation: Bra‧ti‧sla‧va

Proper noun

Bràtislava f (Cyrillic spelling Бра̀тислава)

  1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Declension

Declension of Bratislava
singular
nominative Bratislava
genitive Bratislave
dative Bratislavi
accusative Bratislavu
vocative Bratislavo
locative Bratislavi
instrumental Bratislavom

Slovak

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Etymology

From the name of Prince Bräslav.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bratislava f (related adjective bratislavský, demonym Bratislavčan, female demonym Bratislavčanka)

  1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)
    Synonym: Prešporok m

Declension

Declension of Bratislava
singulare tantum
nominative Bratislava
genitive Bratislavy
dative Bratislave
accusative Bratislavu
locative Bratislave
instrumental Bratislavou

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Bratislava”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾatisˈlaba/
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Proper noun

Bratislava ?

  1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Derived terms

Swedish

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Proper noun

Bratislava n (genitive Bratislavas)

  1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)
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