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non-Slavic

  • a word derived from Slavic.
    Slavic
    noun
    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, Slovenian). Slav, Slav.

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“It was easier with the Chechens,” the non-Slavic people of the Caucasus whom Russia has been fighting since Catherine the Great.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2022

One of those non-Slavic words that nevertheless appears in every Slavic language—a prowokacja in Polish, provokace in Czech—a  is technically a “provocation.”

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2014

Activists dressed to look like non-Slavic migrant workers and other minority groups hung from rafters in an aisle.

From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2012

The only thing missing was a quantity of the rolling low bass sound that non-Slavic choirs seldom achieve, and at times the tenors almost overpowered the basses.

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2011

From then until the 19th century, Russia proceeded to swallow up dozens of non-Slavic peoples, many of which retain their original language and cultural identity.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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