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Slovenia
Slovenia , Slovene Slovenija, officially Republic of Slovenia, republic (2005 est. pop. 2,011,000), 7,817 sq mi (20,246 sq km). It is bounded in the north by Austria, in the northeast by Hungary, in the southeast by Croatia, and in the west by Italy. It has a small strip of seacoast on the Adriati... Read more
Triglav
Triglav , peak, 9,392 ft (2,863 m) high, Slovenia, in the Julian Alps, near the Italian and Austrian borders. It is the Julian Alps' highest peak. ... Read more
Isonzo
Isonzo , river, 87 mi (140 km) long, rising in the Julian Alps, NW Slovenia, and flowing S through Slovenia, where it is known as the Soča, then SW through NE Italy before emptying into the Gulf of Trieste. At the entrance to the Venetian plain, the Isonzo valley was the scene of many battles d... Read more
Ljubljana
Ljubljana , Ger. Laibach, city (1991 pop. 267,008), capital of Slovenia, on the Sava River. An industrial and transportation center, it has industries that manufacture textiles, paper, chemicals, and electronics. It is a Roman Catholic archiepiscopal see and is the seat of the Slovene Academy of A... Read more
Koper
Koper , Ital. Capodistria, town (1991 pop. 24,704), in Slovenia, on the Istrian peninsula in the Gulf of Trieste. It is a fishing port and has salt mines and a radio factory. From 1278 until 1797 the town was the capital of Istria under Venetian rule. The Treaty of Campo Formio, which dissolved ... Read more
Sava
Sava , Hung. Száva, c.580 mi (930 km) long, rising in two headstreams in the Julian Alps, Slovenia, and flowing generally SE past Ljubljana and Zagreb, Croatia, then forming part of the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and through Serbia to the Danube River at Belgrade. Th... Read more
Styria
Styria , Ger. Steiermark , province (1991 pop. 1,184,593), 6,324 sq mi (16,379 sq km), central and SE Austria. Graz is the capital. Bordering on Slovenia in the south, Styria is predominately mountainous, with many forests, pastures, and meadowlands. The province is drained by the Mur, Enns, and Ra... Read more
Karst
Karst , Ital. Carso, Slovenian Kras, limestone plateau, W Slovenia, N of Istria and extending c.50 mi (80 km) SE from the lower Isonzo (Soča) valley between the Bay of Trieste and the Julian Alps. It is characterized by deep gullies, caves, sinkholes, and underground drainage—all the ... Read more
Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea , arm of the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula. It extends c.500 mi (800 km) from the Gulf of Venice, at its head, SE to the Strait of Otranto, which leads to the Ionian Sea. It is from 58 to 140 mi (93-225 km) wide, with a maximum depth of c.4,100 ft (1,250 m). ... Read more
Dinaric Alps
Dinaric Alps , Ital. Alpi Dinariche, Serbo-Croatian Dinara Planina, mountain system, extending c.400 mi (640 km) along the east coast of the Adriatic Sea from the Isonzo River, NE Italy, through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia, to the Drin River, N Albania. The ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Slovenia"

Slovenia
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia Slovenia Basic Data Official Country Name: Republic of Slovenia Region: Europe Population: 1,927,593 Language...Higher: 41% History & Background The Republic of Slovenia ( Republika Slovenije ) is situated in southeastern...
Slovenia, Intelligence and Security
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security Slovenia, Intelligence and Security The principal intelligence agency in Slovenia is the Slovenska Obves è evalno-Varnostna...all have security and/or intelligence roles. Slovenia's security depends to a large extent on the...
Milan Kucan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...president of the independent Republic of Slovenia, has set the tone for democratic reform...The first president of an independent Slovenia, the northernmost former Yugoslavian...participation of all the citizens of Slovenia. The first former Yugoslav state to...
Slovenian Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ...LOVENIAN AMERICANS by Edward Gobetz Overview Slovenia measures 7,896 square miles (20...of Switzerland. About two-thirds of Slovenia is located in the Alps, the remaining...Correspondingly, the climate of tiny Slovenia is Mediterranean along the Adriatic Sea...
Slovenes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Windisch Orientation Identification. Slovenia was the northwesternmost republic of...forms words meaning mute.) Location. Slovenia is situated in the Karst Plateau and...small border to the east with Hungary. Slovenia is located Between 49 ° and 50...
Baraga, Frederic
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Friderik Baraga in the town of Dobrnič, Slovenia. At the time, this part of Slovenia—later one of the Yugoslavian federal...nine years old. That same year he was sent to Slovenia's largest urban center, Llubljana, to live...
Croatia
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...Hungary 329 kilometers (204 miles); Slovenia 501 kilometers (311 miles); Yugoslavia...located in southeastern Europe between Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, bordering...between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia, Croatia extends inland as far as the...
Bosnians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...into Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, and Serbia and Montenegro. Serbia...country and created a communist state. Slovenia and Croatia seceded from Yugoslavia in...1992, with its capital at Sarajevo. Slovenia and Serbia and Montenegro were the other...
Serbia and Montenegro
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...federation began to disintegrate when Slovenia , Croatia , and Macedonia declared independence...federation led to the formal secession of Slovenia and Croatia. The Serb-dominated Federal...European Community (EC) recognized Slovenia and Croatia as separate states. In March...
Yugoslavian Civil War
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...relatively more prosperous republics of Slovenia and Croatia and the increasing assertiveness...x107; (1941 – 2006). Slovenia ’ s declaration of independence...uncontroversial for the ethnically homogenous Slovenia with undisputed borders, Croatia was...

Dictionary entries related to "Slovenia"

Slovenia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Slovenia A small country in south-east Europe. Physical Slovenia is bordered by Austria to the north, Hungary to the...of Trieste, were incorporated into the Republic of Slovenia within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The most...
Drnovšek, Janez
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...b. 17 May 1950). Prime Minister of Slovenia, 1992–2000, 2000–...parliament. In 1989, he was appointed Slovenia's representative in the Yugoslav State...thereafter, when the Yugoslav army moved into Slovenia. In 1992 he became chairman of the Liberal...
Yugoslavia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Slavic provinces of AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina...MACEDONIA , MONTENEGRO , SERBIA , and SLOVENIA , and two autonomous Serbian provinces...systems were introduced in Croatia and Slovenia, and demands for independence soon followed...
Gerbezius, Marcus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...b . St. Vid, near Sti č wna, Slovenia, 24 October 1658; d . Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9 March 1718) medicine . Gerbezius was...large role in the cultural development of Slovenia. Although attracted to Bologna by the teaching...
Croatia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...constituent republic of Yugoslavia. Physical Croatia is bounded by Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and the Adriatic...pronounced to be the autonomous Hungarian crownland of Croatia-Slovenia, apart from the coastline of Dalmatia, which was to remain...
Slovene
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English Slo·vene / ˈslōvēn / • n. 1. a native or national of Slovenia, or a person of Slovene descent. 2. the South Slavic language of this people. • adj. of or relating to Slovenia, its people, or their language.
Austria
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Austria A country in central Europe, bounded by Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia to the south, Hungary and Slovakia to the east...Tuscany, Piedmont, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bukovina, Slovenia, parts of Serbia, of Romania, and of Spanish America, Silesia...
Trieste
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...signatories, Yugoslavia, had ceased to exist. He demanded the return of Italian property from Yugoslavia's successor state in the area, Slovenia , and for over a year blocked Slovenia's association treaty with the European Union.
European Union
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management ...1995 and by (Greek) Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia in May 2004. Its executive body is the European Commission , which was formed in 1967 with the Council of the European Communities...
NATO
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...expected to announce the accession of seven out of nine applicant states, namely Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, and Bulgaria. At the same time, cooperation with Russia was extended, in a further signal of the increasing...

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Slovenia Logistics Outlook Forecasts The Outlook For Freight Transportation And Logistics Across Modes Out To 2012.
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Slovenia Nears Independence as Croatia Faces Civil War; Slovenes Call Army Pullout Crucial Step in Secession
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/20/1991; ; 700+ words ; The Yugoslav republic of Slovenia, less than a month after declaring...federal troops from the republic. Slovenia, which is only slightly larger than...economists say there is little doubt that Slovenia can survive and prosper as an independent...
Slovenia and the Slovenes: A Small State and the New Europe
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SLOVENIA: SLOVENIA MEASURES ITSELF AGAINST EU AND CANDIDATE COUNTRIES.
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Slovenia Insurance Report Q3 2008 - In 2007, Total Premiums in Slovenia Rose By 32% to EUR2, 100mn.
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Slovenia: a small success story.(Opinion)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 7/11/2001; 700+ words ; ...Richard C. Hottelet WILTON, CONN. -- Slovenia appeared on many Americans' mental map...Putin met there last month. In asking Slovenia to host the summit, both men acknowledged...just 10 years ago. On June 25, 1991, Slovenia declared its independence from the Socialist...
Slovenia breaks Israeli hearts
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/2/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Jerusalem Post 08-02-2004 Headline: Slovenia breaks Israeli hearts Byline: FRANKIE...Page: 12 Monday, August 2, 2004 -- Slovenia's under-20 national team made six...lead for the majority off the game. Slovenia didn't take its first lead in the second...
Slovenia: On the Edge of the European Union
Magazine article from: Canadian Slavonic Papers; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Bogomil Ferfila and Paul Phillips, eds. Slovenia: On the Edge of the European Union...even one who is greatly interested in Slovenia. Further examination proves it to be...chapter is "On the Edge of Europe: Slovenia at Eight Years" and the second, "The...
Slovenia looks past Yugoslavia to Europe
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/28/1991; ; 700+ words ; ...Mencinger, a former vice president of Slovenia, as he leaned back in his chair with...t have any glorious history." But Slovenia, one of the breakaway republics of Yugoslavia...a new currency, which no one outside Slovenia accepts. It even has an economic advisory...