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Sklabiňa () is a village and municipality in Martin District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

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Slovak place.name
Sklabiňa
Slovak place.settlement_type
Municipality
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Fatra 2023 P53 Sklabina street.jpg
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Sklabina-martin-flag.svg
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Coat of Arms of Sklabiňa.svg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1
Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2
District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2
Martin District
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Slovakia Žilina Region#Slovakia
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1
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Location of Sklabiňa in the Žilina Region##Location of Sklabiňa in Slovakia
Slovak place.established_title
First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date
1242
Slovak place.elevation_m
484
Slovak place.postal_code_type
Postal code
Slovak place.postal_code
380 3
Slovak place.area_code
+421 43
Slovak place.registration_plate
MT

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Sklabiňa () is a village and municipality in Martin District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

==Names== The name is derived from the word Sclavus, Sclabus (Slav). In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1242 - Zklabonya, later as Sclabonya (1252), Sclouuan (Slovan - the native name of Slavs, 1266), Sclabana (1309) but also as Szklabinka (1736) or in the Hungarized form Szklabinya (1786).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sklabiňa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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