slavs
n. plural-only B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈsɫɑvz// slavs
n. people who speak languages from the Slavic family, which includes Russian, Polish, and Czech. They live mainly in Eastern and Central Europe.
n. the various ethnic and linguistic groups that speak languages belonging to the Slavic branch of the Indo-European family. Often used in the plural to refer to the collective population of Eastern and Central Europe.
Many Slavs live in the countries of Eastern Europe.
The history of the Slavs is deeply tied to the development of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Russian Empire.
Linguistic and genetic studies have shown that the Slavs migrated from the area of the Carpathian Mountains into their current territories during the early medieval period.