Slavonic
Origin of Slavonic
1Other words from Slavonic
- Sla·von·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby Slavonic
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How to use Slavonic in a sentence
His contributions to various branches of Slavonic history (law, literature, &c.) are very numerous.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksSuffused with the Slavonic spirit and its tincture of Orientalism, the importation assumed a character of its own.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksThe delight which the Slavonic nations take in dancing seems to be equally great.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksIt has been said that a simple Slavonic peasant can be enticed by his national songs from one end of the world to the other.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksThis kind of reserve is a feature of the Slavonic character, which in Chopin's individuality was unusually developed.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick Niecks
British Dictionary definitions for Slavonic
esp US Slavic
/ (sləˈvɒnɪk) /
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches: South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, etc), East Slavonic (including Ukrainian, Russian, etc), and West Slavonic (including Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc)
the unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed
of, denoting, or relating to this group of languages
of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages
Origin of Slavonic
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