SLOVENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Slovene mean? 

• SLOVENE (noun)
  The noun SLOVENE has 2 senses:

1. a native of Slovenia

2. the Slavic language of Slovenes

  Familiarity information: SLOVENE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOVENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native of Slovenia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Slovene" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Slovene" is a member of...):

Republic of Slovenia; Slovenia; Slovenija (a mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Slavic language of Slovenes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Slovene" is a kind of...):

Slavic; Slavic language; Slavonic; Slavonic language (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages)