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Definition of Slavonic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to Slavic languages.
2. Noun. A branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
Generic synonyms: Balto-slavic, Balto-slavic Language, Balto-slavonic
Specialized synonyms: Church Slavic, Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic, Old Church Slavonic, Russian, Belarusian, Byelorussian, White Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovak, Czech, Slovene, Serbo-croat, Serbo-croatian, Lusatian, Sorbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Derivative terms: Slavic
Definition of Slavonic
1. Proper noun. A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches: ¹
2. Proper noun. The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed. ¹
3. Adjective. Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages. ¹
4. Adjective. Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slavonic
Literary usage of Slavonic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"During the 5th and 6th centuries Greece had been subjected to Slavonic incursions
which resulted in no permanent settlements. After the great plague of ..."
2. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1881)
"which stretches from the centre to the extreme east of Europe, a region which,
while by no means wholly Slavonic, is best marked as containing the seats of ..."
3. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"Their settlements in these regions gave a new meaning to an ancient name, and
the word Macedonian now began to mean Slavonic. The Slavonic occupation of ..."
4. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"The Slavonic occupation of Greece is a fact which must neither be forgotten nor
... By mixture with Slavonic subjects and neighbours they became practically ..."
5. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1887)
"In General Slavonic Philology the most important work has been the Etymological
Dictionary of the Slavonic Languages by Professor Miklosich.1 This is a book ..."
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