These traditional regions of Slovakia are mostly former counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, but also some other regions. Slovakia was part of the Kingdom of Hungary from the 11th/14th century onwards to 1918. The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Királyság) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Counties

There were 20 (earlier 21) counties of the Kingdom of Hungary situated completely or partly in present-day Slovakia. After the creation of Czechoslovakia, they continued to exist till 1922. Most of them are still used informally for the corresponding territory. A comitatus or less frequently comitat or inaccurately county (for the various names, their origin and use see here) is the name of an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Hungary from the 10th century to 1918. ... The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Királyság) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Map of historical counties of Slovakia

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Counties that are completely incorporated in Slovakia

• Nitra
• Tekov
• Trenčín
• Turiec
• Orava
• Liptov
• Zvolen
• Spiš
• Šariš

Nitra (in Latin: comitatus Nitriensis, in Hungarian Nyitr(i)a (vár)megye, in Slovak: Nitriansky komitát / Nitrianska stolica / Nitrianska župa, in German Neutraer Gespanschaft/Komitat Neutra) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Tekov (-Slovak, in Latin: comitatus Barsiensis, in German: Barsch, in Hungarian: Bars) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Trenčín county (in Latin: comitatus Trentsiniensis/Trenchiniensis, in Hungarian Trencsén (vár)megye, in Slovak Trenčiansky komitát/ Trenčianska stolica/ Trenčianska župa, in German Trentschiner Gespanschaft/Komitat) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Turiec is the name of: a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary; a river in Slovakia. ... This article is about the former Hungarian county. ... Liptov (-Slovak, in Latin: Liptovium, in German: Liptau, in Hungarian: Liptó, in Polish: Liptów) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Zvolen (county) (in Latin: comitatus Zoliensis, in Hungarian Zólyom (vár)megye, in Slovak Zvolenský komitát/ Zvolenská stolica/ Zvolenská župa, in German Sohler Gespanschaft/Komitat Sohl) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... SpiÅ¡ (-Slovak; Latin: Scepusium, Polish: Spisz, German: Zips, Hungarian: Szepes) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Å ariÅ¡ (in Latin: comitatus Sarossiensis, in German: Scharosch, in Hungarian: Sáros) is a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ...

Counties that are partly incorporated in Slovakia

• Mošoň (almost whole in present-day Hungary)
• Prešporok(Bratislava county) (almost whole in Slovakia)
• Gemer-Malohont (almost whole in Slovakia)
• Ráb (almost whole in present-day Hungary)
• Komárno county (southern part in present-day Hungary)
• Ostrihom county (southern part in present-day Hungary)
• Hont (southern part in present-day Hungary)
• Novohrad (southern part in present-day Hungary)
• Abov-Turňa (southern part in present-day Hungary)
• Zemplín (sountern part in Hungary, eastern in Ukraine)
• Uh county (eastern part of Ukraine).

Moson (-Hungarian, in German: Wieselburg) was a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day eastern Austria and north-western Hungary, on the right (south) side of the Danube river. ... Bratislava county is a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Gemer (in Latin: Gömörinum, in German: Gemer or Gömör, in Hungarian: Gömör) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... GyÅ‘r county (in Hungarian: GyÅ‘r (vár)megye) was a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day north-western Hungary (95%) and south-western Slovakia (about 5%), mostly on the right (south) side of the Danube river. ... Komárom county (in Latin: comitatus Comaromiensis, in Hungarian: Komárom (vár)megye, in Slovak: Komárňanský komitát / Komárňanská stolica / Komárňanská župa, in German: Komorner Gespanschaft / Komitat Komorn) was a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day southern... Esztergom county (in Latin: comitatus Stringoniensis, in Hungarian: Esztergom (vár)megye, in Slovak: Ostrihomský komitát / Ostrihomská stolica / Ostrihomská župa, in German: Graner Gespanschaft / Komitat Gran) was a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day southern Slovakia (2/3) and northern Hungary (1/3) on both... Hont (-Slovak and Hungarian and German, in Latin: Honthum, in Hungarian also: Honth) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary and then shortly of Czechoslovakia. ... Nógrád an administrative county (comitatus or megye), in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Abov (in Latin: comitatus Abaujvariensis, in German: Neuburg or Abaujwar, in Hungarian: Abaúj) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Turňa (-Slovak, Latin and Hungarian: Torna, German: Tornau) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Zemplín (in Latin: Zemplinum, in German: Semplin, in Hungarian: Zemplén) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Uzh county (in Latin: comitatus Unghvariensis, in Hungarian: Ung (vár)megye in Slovak also: Užský komitát/ Užská župa / Užská stolica) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ...

Other traditional regions

There are also other regions in Slovakia, which do not correspond to historical counties:

• Kysuce - northern part of the former Trenčín county
• Záhorie - western part of the former Nitra and Bratislava county
• Podpoľanie - southern part of the former Zvolen county
• Zamagurie - northern part of the former Spiš county
• Zitny ostrov - part of former Bratislava and Komárno counties

Kysuce is a traditional informal name for the northern Slovak region between the Orava region in the east and the Czech border in the west. ... Žitný ostrov (-Slovak, German: Große Schüttinsel, Hungarian: Csallóköz) is a river island in southwestern Slovakia. ...

See also

• List of tourism regions of Slovakia
• Regions of Slovakia