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Bratislava

/ˌbɹætɪˈslɑːvə/

Bratislava proper noun: the capital city of Slovakia.

Proper noun

Bratislava

  1. The capital city of Slovakia.
    • One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.2024 September 9, Hannah Rabinowitz, “Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2024
    1. (metonymically) The Slovak government.
  2. The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.
    Synonyms:
    Pressburg

Bratislava meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

Bratislava in Hindi

the capital of Slovakia
ब्रातिस्लावा brātislāvā

Bratislava in Marathi

the capital of Slovakia
ब्राटिस्लाव्हा brāṭislāvhā
region
ब्राटिस्लाव्हा brāṭislāvhā

Bratislava in Urdu

the capital of Slovakia
براٹیسلاوا brāṭislāvā, براتیسلاوا brātislāvā

Bratislava in Bengali

the capital of Slovakia
ব্রাতিস্লাভা bratislabha
More languagesFewer languages
Bratislava in Pashto
براتيسلاوا bratīslāva
Bratislava in Arabic
بُرَاتِسْلَافَا buratislāfā, بُرَاتِيسْلَافَا buratislāfā
Bratislava in Malay
Bratislava
Bratislava in Indonesian
Bratislava
Bratislava in Persian
براتیسلاوا berâtislâvâ
Bratislava in Thai
บราติสลาวา braa-dtís-laa-wâa
Bratislava in Vietnamese
Bra-ti-xla-va
Bratislava in Myanmar
ဘရာတစ်လာဗာ bha.rataclaba

Synonyms of Bratislava

Origin of Bratislava

Borrowed from Slovak Bratislava, from the name of Prince Bräslav.

Words formed from Bratislava

Questions about Bratislava

What does Bratislava mean?
Bratislava means the capital city of Slovakia.
What is Bratislava in Hindi?
Bratislava in Hindi is ब्रातिस्लावा (brātislāvā). See Bratislava meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Bratislava?
Bratislava is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bratislava?
Bratislava is pronounced /ˌbɹætɪˈslɑːvə/.

Words near Bratislava in the dictionary

  1. brath
  2. brathly
  3. Brathwaite
  4. Brathwaites
  5. Bratich
  6. Bratislava
  7. Bratislavan
  8. Bratislavans
  9. Bratkovich
  10. Bratley
  11. bratling

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