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Slav vs Merya - What's the difference?

slav | merya |

As a noun Slav

is a member of any of the peoples from Eastern Europe who speak the Slavic languages.

As a proper noun Merya is

a Finno-Ugric tribe which lived in the region around the modern Moscow and was later assimilated by Slavs.

slav

English

(Slavs)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A member of any of the peoples from Eastern Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
  • (British, birdwatching) The Slavonian grebe.

    • Derived terms

    * Slavdom * Slavic

    Related terms

    * slave * Slavonic

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    merya

    English

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Merya) (en proper noun)
  • A Finno-Ugric tribe which lived in the region around the modern Moscow and was later assimilated by Slavs.
  • The language spoken by them.