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Origin and Etymology of slav
Middle English Sclav, from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Late Greek Sklabos, from Sklabēnoi Slavs, of Slav origin; akin to Old Russian Slověne, an East Slavic tribe
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Slav
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: a person from eastern Europe who speaks a Slavic language
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