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slavonic

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Sla⋅von⋅ic

  [sluh-von-ik]
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–adjective
1. Slavonian.
2. Slavic.
Origin:
1605–15; < NL slavonicus, equiv. to ML Slavon(ia) + -icus -ic

Related forms:
Sla⋅von⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

Slav⋅ic

  [slah-vik, slav-ik]
–noun
1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian), West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian), and South Slavic (Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene). Abbr.: Slav
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the Slavs or their languages.
Also, Slavonic.

Origin:
1805–15; Slav + -ic
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Sla·von·ic   (slə-vŏn'ĭk)   
n.  Slavic.

[From Medieval Latin Sclāvōnia, Slavic lands, from Sclāvus, Slav; see Slav.]
Sla·von'ic adj.
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