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Definition of Pozsony
1. Noun. Capital and largest city of Slovakia.
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Slovak Republic, Slovakia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pozsony
Literary usage of Pozsony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Girl's Wanderings in Hungary by H. Ellen Browning (1897)
"WE reached the line of demarcation between the two kingdoms at Pozsony (Pressburg),
... One thing that I distinctly remember about Pozsony, is that in the ..."
2. Hungary and the Hungarians by W. B. F. Bovill (1908)
"Such were the fluctuations of Pozsony. Then there was that memorable parliamentary
session of ... The flight of Maria to Pozsony, the summoning of the Diet, ..."
3. The State and Agriculture in Hungary: Report of the Minister of Agriculture by Ignác Darányi (1905)
"In 1901 the State took over the viticulture! and horticultural school at Pozsony,
which was sustained before this date by the city of Pozsony, ..."
4. Hungary: Its People, Places, and Politics, the Visit of the Eighty Club in 1906 by Eighty Club, London (1907)
"This forms the nucleus of the present town of Pozsony, and extends round the base
... The most remarkable feature of this quarter of Pozsony is the splendid ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"His most powerful book, which called forth many attempts at refutation, was the "
Guide to Divine Truth " (Pozsony, 1613), the first apology for Roman ..."