Explore Slav through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like person or individual. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Slav in a sentence
Related words
Slav meaning
- A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
- The Slavonian grebe.
Using Slav
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages. | The Slavonian grebe.
- Useful related words include: person, individual, someone, somebody.
- In the example corpus, slav often appears in combinations such as: south slav, macedonian slav, slav nationalists.
Context around Slav
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slav
- In this selection, "slav" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, south, macedonian, non, dna, central and debacle stand out and add context to how "slav" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a macedonian slav consciousness before and assimilation west slav tribes in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slav" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slav
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But most of the roots are Slav propaganda. (8 words)
As a consequence of that protest, (SLAV) was cancelled. (9 words)
Actually the word slave comes from Slav. There was arab enslavement of white people before. (15 words)
Bulgaria has repeatedly accused the Republic of Macedonia of appropriating Bulgarian national heroes and symbols and of editing works of literature and historical documents so as to prove the existence of a Macedonian Slav consciousness before the 1940s. (38 words)
Because of assistance from the western allies, mainly the United States, Russia prevailed and took advantage of the situation to gain control over most of Eastern Europe and many non-Slav central Asian territories. (34 words)
Serbia, whose aspirations in the direction of Austrian-held Bosnia were no secret, was considered an enemy and the main tool of Russian machinations that were behind the agitation of Austria's Slav subjects. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
No amount of make-up could turn me into a girl-next-door type; my Slav DNA was pancaked all over my face.
Because of assistance from the western allies, mainly the United States, Russia prevailed and took advantage of the situation to gain control over most of Eastern Europe and many non-Slav central Asian territories.
Now here’s some blatant “cultural appropriation” and “racism” last summer’s SLAV debacle, a prime example.
Actually the word slave comes from Slav. There was arab enslavement of white people before.
As a consequence of that protest, (SLAV) was cancelled.
SLAV debuted as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival in June and immediately faced allegations of cultural appropriation.
Then in 2013 he went to Syria with a group of fighters recruited by a company called “Slav Corps”, reports say.
After World War II in the Josip Broz Tito era, nationalism was appealed to for uniting South Slav peoples.
Andrić was well received by South Slav nationalists there, and regularly participated in on-campus demonstrations.
As both began to collapse, the Macedonian authorities allowed and encouraged a stronger assertion of Macedonian Slav national identity than before.
As their mother was a Slav from the hinterlands of Thessaloniki, the two brothers had been raised speaking the local Slavonic vernacular.
Because of their primarily Slavic origin they are also known as "Macedonian Slavs" and "Slav Macedonians" (Greek: Σλαβομακεδόνες, "Slavomakedones").
Both the Billung March and the North March were lost following the Great Slav Rising.
Bulgaria has repeatedly accused the Republic of Macedonia of appropriating Bulgarian national heroes and symbols and of editing works of literature and historical documents so as to prove the existence of a Macedonian Slav consciousness before the 1940s.
But most of the roots are Slav propaganda.
John Paul II was the first Pole and Slav to become a Roman Catholic Pope.
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–41) main Following World War I, Bosnia was incorporated into the South Slav kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (soon renamed Yugoslavia).
Relations with non-Slavic peoples Assimilation West Slav tribes in 9th/10th century Throughout their history, Slavs came into contact with non-Slavic groups.
Serbia, whose aspirations in the direction of Austrian-held Bosnia were no secret, was considered an enemy and the main tool of Russian machinations that were behind the agitation of Austria's Slav subjects.
The country viewed the assassination as setting a dangerous precedent of encouraging the country's South Slav population to rebel and threaten to tear apart the multinational country.
Common combinations with slav
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: