Slavonic
adjective/sləˈvɒnɪk/
/sləˈvɑːnɪk/
(also Slavic)
- of or connected with Slavs or their languages, which include Russian, Polish, Czech and a number of other languagesWord Originfrom medieval Latin S(c)lavonicus, from S(c)lavonia ‘country of the Slavs’, from Sclavus, late Greek Sklabos, later also from medieval Latin Slavus.
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