List of English words of Slovak origin

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This is a list of English language words of Slovak language origin:

bryndza
A type of cheese.
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