Great Moravia (Latin: regnum Marahensium, Greek: Μεγάλη Μοραβία – megale Moravia, Czech: Velká Morava, Slovak: Veľká Morava, Polish: Wielka Morawia), the Great Moravian Empire, (historiographical terms – original formal name is unknown) or simply Moravia, was the first major state that was predominantly Slavonic to emerge in the area of Central Europe. Its core territories were located on the Morava river which gave its name to the kingdom. Morava in Czech and in Slovak refers to both the river and the historical Margraviate of Moravia, which is now the eastern part of the Czech Republic. The river flows south through the whole of Moravia, forming the present-day border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia before finally becoming the border between Slovakia and Austria (where it is call