General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Slovakia or the Slovak Republic
- Official English country name: The Slovak Republic
- Common endonym(s): Slovensko
- Official endonym(s): Slovenská republika
- Adjectival(s): Slovak, Slovakian
- Demonym(s): Slovaks
- Etymology: Name of Slovakia
- International rankings of Slovakia
- ISO country codes: SK, SVK, 703
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:SK
- Internet country code top-level domain: .sk
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