Bratislava

[ brat-uh-slah-vuh, brah-tuh-; Czech brah-tyi-slah-vah ]

noun

the capital of Slovakia, in the SW part, on the Danube River: a former capital of Hungary.

Hungarian Pozsony.
German Pressburg.

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How to use Bratislava in a sentence

Three people are dead, including the gunman, in a shooting in front of a popular LGBTQ bar in the old town neighborhood of the Slovakian capital of Bratislava on Wednesday evening.
Shooting at LGBTQ bar in Slovakia capital leaves two dead | Brody Levesque | October 14, 2022 | Washington Blade
On Saturday Night Live, Steve Martin and Dan Akroyd played two wild and crazy guys from Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
One Big Happy, Global, Murderous Crime Mob | Sean Culligan | March 26, 2021 | Ozy

British Dictionary definitions for Bratislava

Bratislava

/ (ˌbrætɪˈslɑːvə) /

noun

the capital of Slovakia since 1918, a port on the River Danube; capital of Hungary (1541–1784) and seat of the Hungarian parliament until 1848. Pop: 428 672 (2001): German name: Pressburg Hungarian name: Pozsony

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