SLAV


Meaning of SLAV in English

/slahv, slav/ , n.

1. one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) , the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) , and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs) .

adj.

2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Slavs; Slavic.

[ 1350-1400; Slavus, var. of SCLAVUS, akin to LGk Sklábos Slovene an East Slavic tribe); r. ME Sclave Sclavus ]

Slavic.

Also, Slav .

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