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Slavs — Indo European peoples from central and eastern Europe, called sklavenoi in Byzantine historical sources. Their raids across the Danube (q.v.) in the sixth century posed a serious threat from ca. 579 onward, when the Avars (q.v.) led them into… … Historical dictionary of Byzantium
Slavs — Slav Slav (sl[aum]v or sl[a^]v), n.; pl. {Slavs}. [A word originally meaning, intelligible, and used to contrast the people so called with foreigners who spoke languages unintelligible to the Slavs; akin to OSlav. slovo a word, slava fame, Skr. [ … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Slavs — slÉ‘Ëv n. member of the Slavic race, member of a large people group of eastern and central Europe (includes Russians, Bulgarians, Slovenes, Poles, etc.) adj. of or pertaining to Slavs, Slavic … English contemporary dictionary
Slavs in America — • History of ethnic Slavs migrating to the U.S Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Slavs, The — • Customary name for all the Slavonic races Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
SLAVS — an important branch of the Aryan race stock, comprising a number of European peoples chiefly in East Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Servians, Bohemians, Poles, Croatians, Moravians, Silesians, Pomeranians, &c. At the dawn of… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
SLAVS — serva libens animo votum solvit … Abbreviations in Latin Inscriptions
The Slavs — The Slavs † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Slavs I. NAME A. Slavs At present the customary name for all the Slavonic races is Slav. This name did not appear in history until a late period, but it has superseded all others. The… … Catholic encyclopedia
South Slavs — The South Slavs are a southern branch of the Slavic peoples that live in the Balkans mainly throughout the former Yugoslavia (meaning Land of the South Slavs ) and Bulgaria. Geographically, the South Slavs are native to the southern Pannonian… … Wikipedia
Early Slavs — The early Slavs were a diverse group of tribal societies in Migration period and early medieval Europe (ca. 5th to 10th centuries) whose tribal organizations indirectly created the foundations for today’s Slavic nations (via the Slavic states of… … Wikipedia
