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| This solution was found to be unsatisfactory, and less than a month later, on 20 April 1990, the parliament changed the name again, to the "[[Czech and Slovak Federative Republic]]" ({{lang-cs|Česká a Slovenská Federativní Republika}}, {{lang-sk|Česká a Slovenská Federatívna Republika}}, or ''ČSFR''). This law explicitly listed the long-form names in both languages and stated they were equal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aplikace.mvcr.cz/archiv2008/sbirka/1990/zakon_04.html#castka_21 |title=Sbírka zákonů * České a Slovenské federativní republiky * Československá federativní republika * České republiky / Slovenské republiky|archiv stranek MVCR.cz, cerven 2008 |access-date=2010-09-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2011072....mvcr.cz/archiv2008/sbirka/1990/zakon_04.html |archive-date=2011-07-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://aplikace.mvcr.cz/archiv2008/sbirka/1990/sb021-90.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-09-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2011052...e.mvcr.cz/archiv2008/sbirka/1990/sb021-90.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-22 }}</ref><ref>{{lang|sk|''Česká a Slovenská Federatívna Republika, Zbierka zákonov č. 21/1990'', page 404, "Ústavný zákon 101/1990 Zb. z 20. apríla 1990 o zmene názvu Česko-slovenskej federatívnej republiky"|italic=unset}}, 20 April 1990 {{in lang|sk}} (Constitutional law about the change of the name of the Czecho-slovak Federative Republic)</ref> | This solution was found to be unsatisfactory, and less than a month later, on 20 April 1990, the parliament changed the name again, to the "[[Czech and Slovak Federative Republic]]" ({{lang-cs|Česká a Slovenská Federativní Republika}}, {{lang-sk|Česká a Slovenská Federatívna Republika}}, or ''ČSFR''). This law explicitly listed the long-form names in both languages and stated they were equal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aplikace.mvcr.cz/archiv2008/sbirka/1990/zakon_04.html#castka_21 |title=Sbírka zákonů * České a Slovenské federativní republiky * Československá federativní republika * České republiky / Slovenské republiky|archiv stranek MVCR.cz, cerven 2008 |access-date=2010-09-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2011072....mvcr.cz/archiv2008/sbirka/1990/zakon_04.html |archive-date=2011-07-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://aplikace.mvcr.cz/archiv2008/sbirka/1990/sb021-90.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-09-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2011052...e.mvcr.cz/archiv2008/sbirka/1990/sb021-90.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-22 }}</ref><ref>{{lang|sk|''Česká a Slovenská Federatívna Republika, Zbierka zákonov č. 21/1990'', page 404, "Ústavný zákon 101/1990 Zb. z 20. apríla 1990 o zmene názvu Česko-slovenskej federatívnej republiky"|italic=unset}}, 20 April 1990 {{in lang|sk}} (Constitutional law about the change of the name of the Czecho-slovak Federative Republic)</ref> |
| Generally, descriptive words such as "federative" and "republic" in country names are not [[capitalization|capitalized]] in Czech and Slovak. Capitalizing all of the words eliminated issues of prestige around the capitalization of "{{lang|sk|Slovenská}}".{{fact|date=April 2024}}{{clarify |date=May 2024 |reason=I cannot find any source that explains why "Czech and Slovak Federative Republic" was demanded in place of "Czech and Slovak federative republic"}} | Generally, descriptive words such as "federative" and "republic" in country names are not [[capitalization|capitalized]] in Czech and Slovak. Capitalizing all of the words eliminated issues of prestige around the capitalization of "{{lang|sk|Slovenská}}".{{fact|date=April 2024}}{{clarify |date=May 2024 |reason=I cannot find any source that explains why "Czech and Slovak Federative Republic" was demanded in place of "Czech and Slovak federative republic", compared to the Czech capitalization of names such as "State Union of Serbia and Montenegro" which have multiple capitals}} |
| Although the Slovaks were demanding a hyphen (Czech, Slovak: {{lang|cs|spojovník}}), the Czechs called it a [[dash]] (Czech, Slovak: {{lang|cs|pomlčka}}). Although there is a clear difference between a hyphen and a dash in Czech and Slovak spelling (a hyphen is used to mark a connection between two words, while a dash is used in other cases), both Czechs and Slovaks usually use the term {{lang|cs|pomlčka}} for both.{{Fact|date=March 2009}} Nonetheless, English language media generally refer to the conflict as the "Hyphen War".{{Fact|date=March 2009}} | Although the Slovaks were demanding a hyphen (Czech, Slovak: {{lang|cs|spojovník}}), the Czechs called it a [[dash]] (Czech, Slovak: {{lang|cs|pomlčka}}). Although there is a clear difference between a hyphen and a dash in Czech and Slovak spelling (a hyphen is used to mark a connection between two words, while a dash is used in other cases), both Czechs and Slovaks usually use the term {{lang|cs|pomlčka}} for both.{{Fact|date=March 2009}} Nonetheless, English language media generally refer to the conflict as the "Hyphen War".{{Fact|date=March 2009}} |
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