Slavonic
adjUK /sləˈvɒ.nɪk/ · US /sləˈvɑ.nɪk/
Etymology From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia.
1
Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages, their languages, or cultures.
- Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […].1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xii:
2
Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants.
- Derived terms
- Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Panslavonic, Slavonically, Slavonicism, Slavonicity, Slavonicize