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SLOVENIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Slovenia or its people or language

Example:

Slovenian independence

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

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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