List of English words of Slovak origin
This is a short list of English language words of Slovak language origin:
- Dobro
- A contraction of DOpyera BROthers, U.S.-Slovakian immigrants who invented the instrument in 1928; also from Slovak dobro "the good"
- čačky
- Trinkets, costume bijou <Pravidla slovenskeho pravopisu, Veda, Bratislava 1998>
- fujara
- traditional musical instrument in pastoral culture of the Central and Northern Slovakia<Oxford Dictionary of Musical Instruments>
See also
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