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Slavonic

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Sla·von·ic  (sl-vnk)
n.
Slavic.

[From Medieval Latin Sclvnia, Slavic lands, from Sclvus, Slav; see Slav.]

Sla·vonic adj.

Slavonic [sləˈvɒnɪk] esp US, Slavic
n
1. (Linguistics / Languages) a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches: South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Serbo-Croat, Bulgarian, etc.), East Slavonic (including Ukrainian, Russian, etc.), and West Slavonic (including Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc.)
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed
adj
1. (Linguistics / Languages) of, denoting, or relating to this group of languages
2. (Social Science / Peoples) of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages
[from Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Slavonic - a branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic - a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages
Church Slavic, Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic, Old Church Slavonic - the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century
Russian - the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia
Belarusian, Byelorussian, White Russian - the Slavic language spoken in Belarus
Ukrainian - the Slavic language spoken in the Ukraine
Polish - the Slavic language of Poland
Slovak - the Slavic language spoken in Slovakia
Czech - the Slavic language of Czechs
Slovene - the Slavic language of Slovenes
Serbo-Croat, Serbo-Croatian - the Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats; the Serbian dialect is usually written in the Cyrillic alphabet and the Croatian dialect is usually written in the Roman alphabet
Lusatian, Sorbian - a Slavonic language spoken in rural area of southeastern Germany
Macedonian - the Slavic language of modern Macedonia
Bulgarian - a Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria
Adj.1.Slavonic - of or relating to Slavic languages
Translations
Slavonic [sləˈvɒnɪk]
A. ADJeslavo
B. Neslavo m
Slavonic [sləˈvɒnɪk] adjslave
Slavonic
adjslawisch
ndas Slawische
Slavonic [sləˈvɒnɪk] Slav£ic (Am) [ˈslɑːvɪk] adj & nslavo/a


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Then the countess told her of more disagreements and intrigues against the work of the unification of the churches, and departed in haste, as she had that day to be at the meeting of some society and also at the Slavonic committee.
You seen her at that Slavonic picnic last summer at Shellmound--that tall, nice-lookin' blonde that was with Butch Willows?
The Slavonic population of Austria is down, while the Teutonic has hardly been affected.
 
 
 
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