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Slava

//ˈslɑːvə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian male given name diminutive Сла́ва (Sláva)
Noun
  1. 1
    The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians and Gorani.

    "1942: I was also enchanted at the opportunity of seeing a Slava (the word means ‘Holy’), which is the distinctive social custom of the Serbs. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 753)"

Etymology

From South Slavic slava / слава (slava), literally "fame, honour". The word is also used in some Slavic languages to wish blessings to another person.

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