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Moravian

Moravian adjective: of, or pertaining to, Moravia or its people or culture.

Adjective (1)

Moravian (comparative more Moravian, superlative most Moravian)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, Moravia or its people or culture.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, the Moravian Church or its members.
  3. Pertaining to, or bordering on, the Morava river in Czech Republic, Europe.
  4. Pertaining to, or bordering on, the Morava river in Serbia, Europe.

Noun (1)

Moravian (plural Moravians)

  1. (historical) A person from Moravia.
  2. A member of the Moravian Church.
  3. A group of Slavic dialects spoken in the Moravia region, considered by some linguists to compose a language separate from Czech.

Adjective (2)

Moravian (comparative more Moravian, superlative most Moravian)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, the district and former province of Moray in Scotland or its people or culture.

Noun (2)

Moravian (plural Moravians)

  1. A person from Moray, either the district or the former province.
    Synonyms:
    Morayvian

Synonyms of Moravian

Forms of Moravian

Adjective
comparativemore Moravian
superlativemost Moravian
Noun
pluralMoravians

Origin of Moravian

From Moravia + -an.

Mediaeval Latin, Moravus from Moravia (also Murravia), Gaelic Moireabh, Early Irish Moreb or Muireb

Words formed from Moravian

Phrases with Moravian

Questions about Moravian

What does Moravian mean?
Moravian means of, or pertaining to, Moravia or its people or culture.
What part of speech is Moravian?
Moravian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Moravian in the dictionary

  1. Morauia
  2. Morava
  3. Moravec
  4. Moravec's paradox
  5. Moravia
  6. Moravian
  7. Moravian Gate
  8. Moravian star
  9. Moravian stars
  10. Moravian Wallachia
  11. Moravian-Silesian Region

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