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Moravian

adj · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or pertaining to, Moravia or its people or culture.

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, or pertaining to, the Moravian Church or its members.

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Pertaining to, or bordering on, the Morava river in Czech Republic, Europe.

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adj

Meaning 4

Pertaining to, or bordering on, the Morava river in Serbia, Europe.

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5

adj

Meaning 5

Of, or pertaining to, the district and former province of Moray in Scotland or its people or culture.

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noun

Meaning 6

A person from Moravia.

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Usage: historical

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noun

Meaning 7

A member of the Moravian Church.

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noun

Meaning 8

A group of Slavic dialects spoken in the Moravia region, considered by some linguists to compose a language separate from Czech.

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noun

Meaning 9

A person from Moray, either the district or the former province.

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adjective

Meaning 10

of or relating to the people or culture of Moravia

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Moravia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Moravian From Moravia + -an.

Mediaeval Latin, Moravus from Moravia (also Murravia), Gaelic Moireabh, Early Irish Moreb or Muireb

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: моравски (moravski) — pertaining to Moravia
  • Catalan: moravià — pertaining to Moravia
  • Czech: moravský — pertaining to Moravia
  • Dutch: Moravisch — pertaining to Moravia
  • Finnish: määriläinen — pertaining to Moravia
  • French: morave — pertaining to Moravia
  • Georgian: მორავიული (moraviuli) — pertaining to Moravia
  • Georgian: მორავიის (moraviis) — pertaining to Moravia
  • German: mährisch — pertaining to Moravia
  • Hungarian: morva — pertaining to Moravia
  • Irish: Morávach — pertaining to Moravia
  • Polish: morawski — pertaining to Moravia
  • Spanish: moravo — pertaining to Moravia
  • Swedish: märisk — pertaining to Moravia
  • Ukrainian: мора́вський (morávsʹkyj) — pertaining to Moravia
  • Welsh: Morafaidd — pertaining to Moravia
  • Catalan: moravià — pertaining to the Moravian Church
  • Finnish: herrnhutilainen — pertaining to the Moravian Church
  • German: brüderisch — pertaining to the Moravian Church
  • German: herrnhutisch — pertaining to the Moravian Church
  • Icelandic: Bræðrasöfnuðurinn — pertaining to the Moravian Church
  • Irish: Morávach — pertaining to the Moravian Church
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Brødremenigheten — pertaining to the Moravian Church
  • Polish: morawski — pertaining to the Moravian Church
  • Sranan Tongo: Anitri — pertaining to the Moravian Church
  • Swedish: herrnhutisk — pertaining to the Moravian Church
  • Welsh: Morafaidd — pertaining to the Moravian Church
  • Polish: morawski — pertaining to the Morava river in Czech
  • Polish: morawski — pertaining to the Morava river in Serbia
  • Catalan: moravià — person from Moravia
  • Czech: Moravan — person from Moravia
  • Czech: Moravanka — person from Moravia
  • Czech: Moravák — person from Moravia
  • Dutch: Moraviër — person from Moravia
  • Dutch: Moravische — person from Moravia
  • Esperanto: moraviano — person from Moravia
  • Esperanto: moravianino — person from Moravia
  • Finnish: määriläinen — person from Moravia
  • French: Morave — person from Moravia
  • Georgian: მორავიელი (moravieli) — person from Moravia
  • German: Mähre — person from Moravia
  • German: Mährin — person from Moravia
  • German: Mährer — person from Moravia
  • German: Mährerin — person from Moravia
  • Polish: Morawianin — person from Moravia
  • Polish: Morawianka — person from Moravia
  • Spanish: moravo — person from Moravia
  • Swedish: mär — person from Moravia
  • Swedish: märiska — person from Moravia
  • Welsh: Morafiad — person from Moravia
  • Finnish: herrnhutilainen — member of the Moravian Church
  • French: frère morave — member of the Moravian Church
  • German: Herrnhuter — member of the Moravian Church
  • German: Herrnhuterin — member of the Moravian Church
  • German: Brüdergemeine — member of the Moravian Church
  • Polish: Morawianin — member of the Moravian Church
  • Polish: Morawianka — member of the Moravian Church
  • Sranan Tongo: Anitri — member of the Moravian Church
  • Swedish: herrnhutare — member of the Moravian Church
  • Finnish: määri — group of dialects spoken in Moravia
  • Finnish: moraavi — group of dialects spoken in Moravia
  • Polish: dialekt morawski — group of dialects spoken in Moravia
  • Swedish: märiska — group of dialects spoken in Moravia