Slavonic

[ sluh-von-ik ]

/ sləˈvɒn ɪk /

adjective

Slavonian.

Slavic.

Origin of Slavonic

1605–15; < New Latin slavonicus, equivalent to Medieval Latin Slavon(ia) + -icus -ic

Related formsSla·von·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for slavonic

It has not yet been worth while to tempt Italian or Slavonic labour from Europe.
South America Observations and Impressions|James Bryce
The eldest of them had a nobly chiselled but excessively pale face, with a long Slavonic moustache.
Wanderings in Corsica, Vol. 1 of 2|Ferdinand Gregorovius
The dark complexions of the Gheghides may, or may not, be referable to Slavonic intermixture.
The Ethnology of Europe|Robert Gordon Latham
All Ragusa, though it has an Italian varnish, is Slavonic at heart.
Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice|Edward A. Freeman

Jatwyazi (Slavonic); then (in documents) Getuin-zit, a word giving the root Gothon-.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for slavonic

Slavonic

esp US Slavic

/ (sləˈvɒnɪk) /

noun

a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches: South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, etc), East Slavonic (including Ukrainian, Russian, etc), and West Slavonic (including Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc)

the unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed

adjective

of, denoting, or relating to this group of languages

of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages

Word Origin for Slavonic

C17: from Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia

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