Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Slovenia.
- noun A person of Slovenian ancestry.
- noun The Slavic language of the Slovenes.
- adjective Of or relating to Slovenia or its people, language, or culture.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of a Slavic race chiefly resident in Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and parts of the Maritime Territory and Hungary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
Slovenia , the Slovenian people or the Slovenian language. - noun A person from
Slovenia - proper noun The official language of
Slovenia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Slavic language of Slovenes
- noun a native of Slovenia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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On the part of their teachers, furthermore: I think of the young Argentine-born teachers in Slovene schools in Argentina, who sacrifice, for free, some 37 weekends a year.
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The play opened to acclaim in Prague in 1921, and was published in a Czech edition that was soon joined by others in Slovene and Hungarian.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The play opened to acclaim in Prague in 1921, and was published in a Czech edition that was soon joined by others in Slovene and Hungarian.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia -- A Slovene man is accused of spiriting away his 4-year-old daughter in a custody battle-turned-missing girl case that has captivated this small European country.
Klara Kaker: The Missing Girl Case That's Gripped Slovenia 2011
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Animals bury the hunter – ethical and sociological elements of the Slovene ballad.
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The camp itself is some distance from the works and consists of a series of hutments, similar to those which are occupied by the German, Slovene and
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In the Grand Hall of the Slovene National Theatre, where the country's great actors play, a multimedia barrage of video and music assaulted and inflamed a nearly three-hour long concert with music ranging from Handel and Beethoven to Cage, Feldman, Scelsi and Tognetti.
Laurence Vittes: A Naked Soprano At The Maribor Festival: Classical Music Breaking Free Laurence Vittes 2011
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But Bossman was criticised during the campaign for not speaking fluent Slovene, the country's official language, prompting him to say in an interview with Delo, one of Slovenia's leading newspapers, that a friend and professor of Slovenian had "offered to give me additional lessons".
Peter Bossman becomes Eastern Europe's first black mayor Jo Adetunji 2010
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In the Grand Hall of the Slovene National Theatre, where the country's great actors play, a multimedia barrage of video and music assaulted and inflamed a nearly three-hour long concert with music ranging from Handel and Beethoven to Cage, Feldman, Scelsi and Tognetti.
Laurence Vittes: A Naked Soprano At The Maribor Festival: Classical Music Breaking Free Laurence Vittes 2011
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Slovenia was never a sovereign state before 1991, did that mean that Slovene-populated lands should be under Austria or Serbia or Italy or another polity?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Genetic Evidence Shows Common Origins of Jews 2010
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