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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Slovene
 
SYLLABICATION:Slo·vene
PRONUNCIATION:  slvn
VARIANT FORMS: also Slo·ve·ni·an (sl-vn-n, -vnyn)
NOUN:1a. A native or inhabitant of Slovenia. b. A person of Slovenian descent. 2. The Slavic language of the Slovenes.
ADJECTIVE: Of or relating to Slovenia or its people, language, or culture.
ETYMOLOGY:German Slowene, from Slovene Slovnec, ultimately from Old Church Slavonic Slovne, Slav.
 
 
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