Slavi

Meanings

Proper Noun

• The Russian Orthodox Christmas, which is celebrated from January 6 through 13 in outstate Alaska, USA, wherever there is a sizable Russian Orthodox population.

Noun

• Plural of Slav.

Origin

• From Russian сла́вы ("praises"), plural of сла́ва, from Proto-Slavic *slàva ("fame; glory"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- ("to hear").
• From Latin Sclavī, plural of Late Latin and Medieval Latin Sclavus ("a Slav").