Slavonic

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     Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language
     Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language
     Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /sləˈvɒ.nɪk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /sləˈvɑ.nɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
  • Hyphenation: Sla‧vo‧nic, Sla‧von‧ic

Proper noun

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Slavonic

  1. (dated) A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches:
    South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, etc.)
    East Slavonic (including Ukrainian, Russian, etc.), and
    West Slavonic (including Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc.)
  2. (dated) The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.

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  • (a branch of Indo-European languages):

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Adjective

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Slavonic (not comparable)

  1. Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages.
    Synonym: Slavic
  2. Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants.
    Synonym: Slavic

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