Slavianadj.
/ˈslɑːvɪən//ˈslavɪən/ rare.
Slavonian, Slavic.
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Slavon1555
Slavonish1560
Slavonian1605
Slavonica1613
Slavic1813
Slavish1834
Slavian1836
pan-Slavic1848
pan-Slavonic1848
pan-Slavist1852
pan-Slavonian1854
pan-Slav1867
Slav1876
pan-Slavistic1903
1836 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Lit., Hist., Geogr., Law, & Politics III. 520/1 Its principal ingredient is the Sclavian language.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. v. viii. 426 Among the Slavian tribes the Greek missionaries had penetrated into regions of unmingled Barbarism.
1865 Reader No. 119. 391/1 Greek, Romain, and Slavian newspapers.
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