Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 47 compound words that contain slav. The most common are listed below. Open slav in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- South SlavAny of the Slavic peoples who speak the South Slavic languages and inhabit a contiguous region of southeast Europe comprising the eastern Alps and the Balkan Peninsula.
- East SlavA member of the East Slavic peoples, including the Belarusians, Russians, Rusyns, and Ukrainians.
- Pan-SlavA supporter of Pan-Slavism.
- Slav DefenceAlternative spelling of Slav Defense: A Closed Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6, in which black's second move is queen's bishop's pawn to the sixth rank, as a defense to the Queen's Gambit
- Slav DefenseA Closed Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6, in which black's second move is queen's bishop's pawn to the sixth rank, as a defense to the Queen's Gambit
- Slav squatA low, open-legged casual squatting position in which the haunches rest on the calves and the heels are planted.
- Balto-SlavA speaker of a Balto-Slavic language or dialect.
- Yugo-SlavDated spelling of Yugoslav: Of, relating to, or characteristic of Yugoslavia or Yugoslavs.
Compound words 47
- slavishIn the manner of a slave; abject.
- SlavismA linguistic feature of one or more Slavic languages, especially a Slavic idiom or phrasing that appears in a non-Slavic language.
- antislavismAntislavic sentiment, in general: negative attitude towards Slavic peoples.
- SlavdomSlavic peoples collectively, Slavs as a body.
- SlavnessThe quality of being Slavic, or belonging to the Slavs in terms of identity.
- SlavabooA non-Slavic person who is overly infatuated with Slavic (especially Russian or Soviet) culture.
- SlavhoodSlavic peoples, collectively as a body, in ethnic, linguistic, cultural or historical terms
- SlavifyTo make Slavic.
- SlavisationThe adoption of Slavic cultural (linguistic, ethnic etc.) identity.
- SlavisticsSlavic studies/Slavonic studies