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What was John Zápolya's Slovak name?

  • Ján Zápoľský

  • Ján Zápolya

  • Ján Szapolyai

  • Ján Zapolja

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Ján Zápoľský was the Slovak name for John Zápolya, the King of Hungary from 1526 to 1540. Zápolya's name was originally written in Hungarian as Szapolyai János, and the Slovak version is a direct translation of the Hungarian name. The Slovak form of the name is still used today in Slovakia and other Slavic-speaking countries.
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