: a branch of the Indo-European language family containing Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Serbian and Croatian, Slovene, Russian, and Ukrainian see Indo-European Languages Table
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Tim Lister, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
Throughout the month of May, this special event will donate a portion of sales to Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine, organized by Full Gospel Slavic Church of Meridian.
—Michelle Jenkins, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
The sweet-cheese croquettes with dulce de leche mousse and berry sauce are reminiscent of a beloved Slavic dish called syrniki and are a nod to two of the owners’ Ukrainian roots.
—Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Noun
The video carried the emblem of the Russian Army’s 1st Slavic Brigade, which had entered the Zenit area in the south of Avdiivka two days earlier, according to multiple accounts.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
Throughout the month of May, this special event will donate a portion of sales to Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine, organized by Full Gospel Slavic Church of Meridian.
—Michelle Jenkins, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Adjective
For much of the past 1,000 years, Yiddish was spoken by three quarters of the world’s Jews — a Germanic vernacular, seasoned with Hebrew, Slavic and Romance vocabulary, that bridged polyglot Jewish communities in Central and Eastern Europe and followed them to the far corners of the diaspora.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
The sweet-cheese croquettes with dulce de leche mousse and berry sauce are reminiscent of a beloved Slavic dish called syrniki and are a nod to two of the owners’ Ukrainian roots.
—Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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“Slavic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Slavic. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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Slavic
1 of 2 adjective
Slav·ic
ˈslav-ik 
ˈsläv-
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Slavs or their languages
Slavic
2 of 2 noun
: a branch of the Indo-European language family including Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Serbian and Croatian, Slovene, Russian, and Ukrainian
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