# Slovenia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /sləʊˈviː.ni.ə/ · frequency rank #17,030

## Definitions
1. A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Slovenia. Capital and largest city: Ljubljana. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

## Etymology
Slovene (from German, from Slovene) + -ia.

## Easily confused with
- **Slovenian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slovenia-vs-slovenian)
- **Slovakia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slovakia-vs-slovenia)

## Common misspellings (11)
`lsovenia`, `sllovenia`, `sloevnia`, `sloveina`, `slovenai`, `slovennia`, `slovneia`, `slovvenia`, `slvoenia`, `solvenia`, `sslovenia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slovenia