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

• Lists of English words of international origin

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