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Dictionary entry overview: What does Slovenian mean?
• SLOVENIAN (noun)
The noun SLOVENIAN has 1 sense:
1. a native or inhabitant of Slovenia
Familiarity information: SLOVENIAN used as a noun is very rare.
• SLOVENIAN (adjective)
The adjective SLOVENIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or characteristic of Slovenia or its people or language
Familiarity information: SLOVENIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Slovenia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Slovenian" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Holonyms ("Slovenian" 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)
Derivation:
Slovenian (of or relating to or characteristic of Slovenia or its people or language)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Slovenia or its people or language
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Slovenian independence
Pertainym:
Slovenia (a mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991)
Derivation:
Slovenia (a mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991)
Slovenian (a native or inhabitant of Slovenia)
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