Slavia
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Slavia may refer to:
  • Medieval toponymy
    • One of the tribal centers of early East Slavs, see Saqaliba
      Saqaliba
      Saqaliba refers to the Slavs, particularly Slavic slaves and mercenaries in the medieval Arab world, in the Middle East, North Africa, Sicily and Al-Andalus. It is generally thought that the Arabic term is a Byzantine loanword: saqlab, siklab, saqlabi etc. is a corruption of Greek Sklavinoi for...

    • The medieval name for the Wendish settlement area
      Wends
      Wends is a historic name for West Slavs living near Germanic settlement areas. It does not refer to a homogeneous people, but to various peoples, tribes or groups depending on where and when it is used...

    • The medieval name for the duchy of Pomerania
      Pomerania
      Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...

    • The medieval name for Mecklenburg
      Mecklenburg
      Mecklenburg is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern...

    • The medieval name for the Rani principality
      Rani (Slavic tribe)
      The Rani or Rujani were a West Slavic tribe based on the island of Rugia and the southwestern mainland across the Strelasund in what is today northeastern Germany....

  • A term for the objective of Pan-Slavism
    Pan-Slavism
    Pan-Slavism was a movement in the mid-19th century aimed at unity of all the Slavic peoples. The main focus was in the Balkans where the South Slavs had been ruled for centuries by other empires, Byzantine Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Venice...

     of forming a united ethnic Slavic state
  • Slavia, Florida
    Slavia, Florida
    Slavia is an unincorporated community in Seminole County, Florida, United States. Slavia is located along Florida State Road 426 near the southwest border of Oviedo.-History:...

    , an unincorporated community in Seminole County
    Seminole County, Florida
    Seminole County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. Located between Orlando to the south and Deland and Daytona Beach to the north, it is part of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. Its county seat and largest city is Sanford...

    , Florida
    Florida
    Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...


Sports

  • Slavia Prague, a leading Czech football team
  • HC Slavia Prague
    HC Slavia Prague
    HC Slavia Praha is a Czech ice hockey team located in Prague playing the Czech Extraliga. It plays home games in the O2 Arena in Prague...

    , a leading Czech hockey team
  • PFC Slavia Sofia
    PFC Slavia Sofia
    PFC Slavia Sofia is a Bulgarian football club founded on 10 April 1913 in Sofia. Slavia's ground is Slavia Stadium with a capacity of 15,992. The team's colours are white and black....

    , a leading Bulgarian football team
    • Slavia Stadium in Sofia
  • BC Slavia Sofia, a Bulgarian basketball team
  • HC Slavia Sofia
    HC Slavia Sofia
    HC Slavia Sofia , Slaviya Sofiya) is an ice hockey team from the Bulgarian Hockey League based outside Sofia, Bulgaria. The team has won 19 league titles, and are a member of the Slavia Sofia sports club.-History:...

    , a Bulgarian hockey team
  • FC Slavia Plovdiv, a former Bulgarian football team
  • FC Slavia Novo Selo, a former Bulgarian football team
  • FC Slavia Mozyr
    FC Slavia Mozyr
    FC Slavia-Mozyr is a Belarusian football team, based in Mozyr, Belarus.-History:The team was founded in 1987 as Polesie Mozyr. Between 1987 and 1991 they played in Belarusian SSR league. From 1992 till 1995 they played in Belarusian First League. They changed their name to MPKC Mozyr since 1994-95...

    , a Belarusian football team
  • Slavia Melbourne
    Slavia Melbourne
    The Slavia Melbourne Soccer Club is a defunct Australian association football club that was based in Melbourne, Victoria. Club was founded in 1950 by Czech migrants and would go on to become a leading club in Australian football. Slavia competed in the Victorian State League from 1956 to 1970 and...

    , Australian football team

Academic

  • Slavia is the faculty society of the Slavic studies at Ghent university
    Ghent University
    Ghent University is a Dutch-speaking public university located in Ghent, Belgium. It is one of the larger Flemish universities, consisting of 32,000 students and 7,100 staff members. The current rector is Paul Van Cauwenberge.It was established in 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands...

    .

See also

  • Slavija
    Slavija
    Slavija can refer to:* Slavija Osijek, a former football club from Osijek, Croatia* Slavija , a neighbourhood in Belgrade, Serbia* Slavija , a former municipality of the city of Novi Sad in Serbia...

    - for the Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovenian spelling.
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