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Slovene

Slavic people of Carinthia and Styria, 1883, from German Slowene, from Slovenec, the people's own name, originally literally "Slav." A survival of the old native designation of the Slavic people, compare Old Church Slavonic Slovene. Related: Slovenian.

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Slovene

The terms Slovene or Slovenian may refer to:

  • The Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia
  • Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia
  • Slovenia, a country in Central Europe

The term Slovene may also refer to:

  • Slavic peoples, an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group
  • Ilmen Slavs, the northernmost tribe of the Early East Slavs

Usage examples of "slovene".

The Rugii shared those seaside lands with Slovene tribes called the Kashube and the Wilzi.

The Serbian and Montenegrin delegations demanded that the Congress continue working without the Slovenes, but the others did not agree.

Over the course of some hundred and fifty Roman miles, I found no more villages of even modest size, but only the occasional clustered huts and riverside stackyards of Slovene woodcutters.