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case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to the archaic Englishparticle "O " as used in solemn or poetic address: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative includeArabic ,Czech ,Georgian ,Greek ,Hawaiian ,Hindi ,Irish ,Latin ,Lithuanian ,Ojibwe ,Polish ,Romanian ,Sanskrit ,Serbo-Croatian , andUkrainian .
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- noun the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
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