Sclavonia
/skləˈvoʊniə/noun
An archaic or historical form referring to Slavonia, a region in modern-day Croatia.
Did you know?Sclavonia is an older Latinized spelling tied to the ethnonym of the Slavs, showing how medieval writers preserved ethnic and regional names in shifting forms long before modern spelling settled.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Slavic
PSl
slověninъ
“A Slav; a member of the Slavic peoples.”
Medieval Latin
Latin
Sclavonia
“A Latinized name for Slavonia / land associated with the Slavs.”
Middle English
English
Sclavonie
“An older English spelling referring to Slavonia.”
Modern English
English
Slavonia
“The historical region in eastern Croatia.”