: 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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Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Stay in the capital city of Trieste, defined by Italian, Austro-Hungarian, and Slavic influences.
—Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
Kyiv — Russian soldiers call the practice a sacrifice to Baba Yaga, a fearsome witch from Slavic folklore who feasts on her victims.
—Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
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
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Adjective
The Mongol Golden Horde frequently engaged with local Slavic tribes, and the residents of Crimea also established trade relations with various communities on the Black Sea, such as the Turks.
—Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Stay in the capital city of Trieste, defined by Italian, Austro-Hungarian, and Slavic influences.
—Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
Kyiv — Russian soldiers call the practice a sacrifice to Baba Yaga, a fearsome witch from Slavic folklore who feasts on her victims.
—Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
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
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“Slavic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Slavic. Accessed 3 Nov. 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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