This is a list of place names in which the origin is Old Slavic. The Common Slavic language was the ancestor of the Slavic languages, as used by the Slavic peoples of eastern Europe.
Croatia(Country)English, Late Roman From Croatian Hrvatska, from Old Slavic *xŭrvatŭ, of unknown meaning. This is the name of a country in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe.
Czajków(Settlement)Polish Derived from Polish czajka meaning "lapwing (bird)". This is the name of several towns in Poland.
Czechoslovakia(Country)English Combination of Czechia and Slovakia. This was the name of a country that existed between 1918 and 1993, at which time it split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Niemcy(Country)Polish From Slavic němĭcĭ meaning "foreigner, German", derived from němŭ meaning "mute, incomprehensible". This is the Polish name of Germany.
Slovakia(Country)English, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek From Slovák, the Slovak form of Old Slavic slověne, referring to the tribe of the Slavs. This is the name of a country in central Europe. Note that the name of this country is closely related to that of Slovenia.
Wallachia(Region)Romanian From Slavic volxŭ meaning "foreigner, Roman", from the Germanic word walhaz. This was the name of a historic principality that was located in southern Romania. It united with Moldavia in 1859 to create the Kingdom of Romania.
Warsaw(Settlement)English From Polish Warszawa, derived from the given name Warsz, a short form of Warcisław. This is the name of the capital city of Poland.