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slavas

slavas is the plural of slava.

Meaning of slava

Noun

slava (plural slavas)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians and Gorani.
    • 1942: I was also enchanted at the opportunity of seeing a Slava (the word means ‘Holy’), which is the distinctive social custom of the Serbs. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 753)

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Questions about slavas

What is slavas the plural of?
Slavas is the plural of slava.

Words near slavas in the dictionary

  1. slava cake
  2. slava cakes
  3. slava Ukraini
  4. Slavaboo
  5. Slavaboos
  6. slavas
  7. Slavdom
  8. slave
  9. slave ant
  10. slave ants
  11. slave auction

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