Slovenian American

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Slovenian Americans are people in the United States of Slovenian ancestry, forming an ethnic community with cultural roots in Slovenia and a history of immigration largely dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Slovene Americans 3
Slovenian American canonical 1
Slovenian diaspora 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
countryOfResidence United States
culturalPractice Slovenian cultural festivals
Slovenian folk dance
Slovenian heritage lodges
Slovenian language schools
Slovenian polka music
ethnicCuisine klobasa
potica
štruklji
ethnicHoliday Slovenian Independence and Unity Day celebrations in the U.S.
St. Vitus Day celebrations in some communities
hasAncestralOrigin Slovenia
hasCulturalOrganization American Slovenian Catholic Union
Slovene National Benefit Society
Slovenian American Times
Slovenian National Home (Cleveland)
Slovenian Union of America
immigrationWave early 20th century
late 19th century
languageUsed English
Slovene
notablePerson Alenka Bratušek (Slovenian American connections via diaspora communities)
Amy Klobuchar
Frank Lausche
Louis Adamič
Melania Trump
Tony Zale
Zoran Mušič
partOf Slovenian diaspora
linked to: Slovenian American
relatedTo Croatian American
linked to: Croatian diaspora

Italian American
Serbian American
Slovene Canadian
religion Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
other Christianity
settlementRegion Chicago metropolitan area
Cleveland metropolitan area
Colorado mining towns
Minnesota Iron Range
New York metropolitan area
Pittsburgh metropolitan area
linked to: Pittsburgh region

San Francisco Bay Area
St. Louis metropolitan area
subgroupOf European American
Slavic American
linked to: Slavs
typicalOccupationHistorical manufacturing
mining
steel industry

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sunita Williams ethnicGroup Slovenian American
Slovene National Benefit Society ethnicFocus Slovene Americans
linked to: Slovenian American
Slovene National Benefit Society recreation complex languageCommunity Slovene Americans
linked to: Slovenian American
Slovenian American partOf Slovenian diaspora
linked to: Slovenian American
George Voinovich ethnicGroup Slovene Americans
linked to: Slovenian American