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Trnava , Ger. Tyrnau, Hung. Nagyszombat, city (1991 pop. 71,783), W central Slovakia. The market for a fertile agricultural region, it produces motor vehicles, refined sugar, agricultural machinery, and railroad cars. The city is also a Roman Catholic episcopal see. Founded in the 6th or 7th cent., Trnava was a center of Slovak Catholicism in the Middle Ages; it is called the Slovak Rome because of its many churches and monasteries, notably the fine Gothic cathedral.

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Trnava, Slovakia Tyrnavia, Tyrnau, Nagyszombat Situated on the River Trnavka, originally the Trnava, and named after it. The river's name signifies a river running through thorn bushes from trní ‘thorn bush’. The Hungarian Nagyszombat ‘Big Saturday’ from nagy ‘big’ and szombat ‘Saturday’ referred to the day when markets were held here.

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