Slovak lands
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Slovak lands{{cite book|title=The question of "cultural language" and interdialectal norm in 16th century Slovakia: a phonological analysis of 16th century Slovak administrative-legal texts|author=Lauersdorf, M.R.|date=1996|publisher=Verlag Otto Sagner|isbn=9783876906409|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iTtgAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2015-04-10}} or Slovakian lands{{cite book|title=Looking at Slovakia|author=Kollar, D.|date=2006|publisher=Oliver Press|isbn=9781881508496|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgoJ4yM3e1sC|page=8|accessdate=2015-04-10}} ({{langx|sk|Slovenská zem}} or shortly {{lang|sk|Slovensko}}; Hungarian: Tótország;{{cite book|title=Slovenský národný vývin: národnostná politika v Uhorsku 1867-1918|author=Szarka, L.|date=1999|publisher=Kalligram Könyvkiadö|isbn=9788071493181|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IuyRAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=2015-04-10}} Polish: Ziemia Słowacka{{cite book|title=Encyklopedyja powszechna|author=Orgelbrand, S.|date=1866|volume=23|publisher=Orgelbrand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2tCAAAAYAAJ|page=620|accessdate=2015-04-10}} or shortly Słowaczyzna{{cite book|title=Zwia̜zki i paralele literatur polskiej i słowackiej|author=Bobrownicka, M.|date=1972|publisher=Ossolineum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mz4HAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=2015-04-10}}) is the historical denomination for the whole of the Slovak-inhabited territories in Central Europe. It more or less corresponds to modern Slovakia and the adjacent territories in which autochthonous Slovak minorities live.Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Studium Słowiańskie, Polska Akademia Nauk. Komitet Słowianoznawstwa. 1989. [https://books.google.com/books?id=K8lmAAAAMAAJ&q=konkretny+obszar,+kt%C3%B3ry+zamieszkiwa%C5%82+s%C5%82owacki+lud+(Ziemia+S%C5%82owacka).+Zreszt%C4%85+terminu+Slovensko+dla+okre%C5%9Blenia+teren%C3%B3w+zamieszka%C5%82ych+przez+g%C3%B3rnow%C4%99gierskich+S%C5%82owak%C3%B3w+po+raz+pierwszy+u%C5%BCy%C5%82+wybitny+j%C4%99zykoznawca+czeski]
Terminology
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The term Slovak lands describes Slovak ethnic territory{{cite book|title=Slovak Culture Through the Centuries: Proceedings of the Conference on Slovak Culture Held in Rome, Italy, Between June 21 and 23, 1975, Within the General Assembly of the Slovak World Congress|author1=Kirschbaum, J.M.|author2=Slovak World Congress|date=1978|publisher=Slovak World Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8N8AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2015-04-10}} claimed from the 5th century when Slavs inhabited these lands.{{cite book|title=Commission opinion on Estonia's application for membership of the European Union: document drawn up an [sic] the basis of COM(97) 2006 final|author=European Commission|date=1997|issue=11|publisher=Office for Official Publications of the European Communities|isbn=9789282812815|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rx0UAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=2015-04-10}} The Slovaks called their country 'Slovensko' (Slovakia) – the term appears in written documents from as early as the fifteenth century.{{cite book|title=Slovakia in History|author1=Teich, M.|author2=Kováč, D.|author3=Brown, M.D.|date=2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781139494946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jrC1HFgjJxsC|page=3|accessdate=2015-04-10}}{{cite web|last=Szende|first=László|title=Szlovákok, tótok, tirpákok|url=http://www.mult-kor.hu/20090909_szlovakok_totok_tirpakok}}
History
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The first known Slavic entities on the territory of Slovakia were the Samo's Empire in the 7th century, the Principality of Nitra founded sometime in the 8th century and Great Moravia in the 9th and early 10th centuries. The Slovak lands for 1000 years were an important part of the Kingdom of Hungary. During the 17th century many Germans settled into these areas.{{cite book|title=Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe|author=Jan Owsinski, P.E.|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=9780765618337|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jLfX1q3kJzgC|page=104|accessdate=2015-04-10}}
Autonomy of Slovak lands
Slovak lands acquired autonomous status within Hungarian Democratic Republic at March 11, 1919 by LEX No. XXX. after dissolution of the Kingdom of Hungary. Autonomy was signed by Hungarian president Mihály Károlyi and prime minister Dénes Berinkey.{{cite web|url=http://www.herder-institut.de/startseite/dokumente-und-materialien/moduluebersicht/ungarn-in-der-zwischen/textquellen.html?tx_himmat_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=985&cHash=fbb5da96428c3cc16aca7dc4732ccab2|title=Herder-Institut: 404|publisher=herder-institut.de|accessdate=2015-04-10}}