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Slavonic

//sləˈvɑ.nɪk// adj, name

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages, their languages, or cultures. not-comparable

    "Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […]."

  2. 2
    Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Slavic languages wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches dated

    "South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, etc.)"

  2. 2
    The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed. dated
Noun
  1. 1
    a branch of the Indo-European family of languages wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia.

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia.

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