Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to:
Peoples
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Slavic peoples
Slavs are the largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout ...
, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia
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East Slavic peoples
The East Slavs are the most populous subgroup of the Slavs. They speak the East Slavic languages, and formed the majority of the population of the medieval state Kievan Rus', which they claim as their cultural ancestor.John Channon & Robert Hu ...
, eastern group of Slavic peoples
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South Slavic peoples
South Slavs are Slavic peoples who speak South Slavic languages and inhabit a contiguous region of Southeast Europe comprising the eastern Alps and the Balkan Peninsula. Geographically separated from the West Slavs and East Slavs by Austria, ...
, southern group of Slavic peoples
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West Slavic peoples
The West Slavs are Slavic peoples who speak the West Slavic languages. They separated from the common Slavic group around the 7th century, and established independent polities in Central Europe by the 8th to 9th centuries. The West Slavic lang ...
, western group of Slavic peoples
** Slavic Americans, Americans of Slavic descent
* Anti-Slavic sentiment, negative attitude towards Slavic peoples
* Pan-Slavic movement, movement in favor of Slavic cooperation and unity
* Slavic studies, a multidisciplinary field of studies focused on history and culture of Slavic peoples
Languages, alphabets, and names
* Slavic languages, a group of closely related Indo-European languages
** Proto-Slavic language, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages
** Old Church Slavonic, 9th century Slavic literary language, used for the purpose of evangelizing the Slavic peoples
** Church Slavonic, a written and spoken variant of Old Church Slavonic, standardized and widely adopted by Slavs in the Middle Ages, and became a liturgical language in many Eastern Orthodox churches
** Pan-Slavic language, artificially created languages intended to serve as a lingua franca for all Slavic peoples
** East Slavic languages, modern languages of East Slavic peoples
** South Slavic languages, modern languages of South Slavic peoples
** West Slavic languages, modern languages of West Slavic peoples
* Slavic names, names originating from the Slavic languages
Mythology and faith
* Slavic mythology, the mythological aspect of the polytheistic religion that was practised by the Slavs before Christianisation
** Slavic dragon, mythological creature in ancient Slavic culture
* Slavic Native Faith, modern form of ancient Slavic polytheism
Places
* Slav (village), a former Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip
Other
* Slav Defense, a chess opening
* Slavic calendar, traditional Slavic calendar
See also
* Slavonian (disambiguation)
* Slavyansky (disambiguation)
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