Bratislava

From the name of Prince Bräslav.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɹætɪˈslɑːvə/, /ˌbɹɑːtɪˈslɑːvə/

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Bratislava

1. The capital city of Slovakia.
   • 2024 September 9, Hannah Rabinowitz, “Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

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

• Pressburg

• Bratislavan

• Bratislawa

Bratislava

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

• Bratislaviër
• Bratislavies

• IPA^(key): [ˈbracɪslava]

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

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

• “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), 2008–2025
• “Bratislava”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

Bratislava

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌbraː.tɪsˈlaː.vaː/, /ˌbraː.tisˈlaː.vaː/

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• Hyphenation: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Bratislava n

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

• Presburg (obsolete)

Bratislava

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Ultimately from Slovak Bratislava

• IPA^(key): /bʁatɪsˈlaːva/, /ˈbʁatɪsˌlava/

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• Hyphenation: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

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

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

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Bratislava n (proper noun, genitive singular Bratislava)

1. Bratislava (the capital of Slovakia)

Bratislava f

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

• Hyphenation: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Bratislava ?

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

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

Bràtislava f (Cyrillic spelling Бра̀тислава)

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

From the name of Prince Bräslav.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbracislava]

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

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

   Synonym: Prešporok m

• “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, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /bràːtislaʋa/

Brátislava f

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Brátislava
genitive	Brátislave
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Brátislava
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Brátislave
dative (dajȃlnik)	Brátislavi
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Brátislavo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Brátislavi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Brátislavo

• Brátislavčan / Brátislavčanka
• brátislavski

• “Bratislava”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Bratislava”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

• IPA^(key): /bɾatisˈlaba/ [bɾa.t̪isˈla.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Bratislava ?

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Bratislava n (genitive Bratislavas)

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)