Slavia may refer to:
Toponymy
* Slavia, a general term for an area inhabited by
Slavs
The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and ...
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Slawiya
Slawiya, as-Slawiya ( ''Ṣ(a)lāwiya'') was one of the three parts of the Rus' with the center in Holmgard (identified with the land of Ilmen Slavs) described in a lost book by Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (dating from c. 920) and mentioned in works by som ...
, one of the tribal centers of early
East Slavs
The East Slavs are the most populous subgroup of the Slavs. They speak the East Slavic languages, and formed the majority of the population of the medieval state Kievan Rus', which they claim as their cultural ancestor.John Channon & Robert Huds ...
* The medieval name for the
Wendish settlement area
* The medieval name for the duchy of
Pomerania
Pomerania ( ; ; ; ) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The central and eastern part belongs to the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomeranian, Pomeranian Voivod ...
* The medieval name for
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg (; ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Wismar and Güstrow. ...
* The medieval name for the
Rani principality
* A term for the objective of
Pan-Slavism
Pan-Slavism, a movement that took shape in the mid-19th century, is the political ideology concerned with promoting integrity and unity for the Slavic people. Its main impact occurred in the Balkans, where non-Slavic empires had ruled the South ...
of forming a united Slavic state
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Slavia Friulana
Slavia Friulana, which means Friulian Slavia (), is a small mountainous region in northeastern Italy and it is so called because of its Slavic population which settled here in the 8th century AD. The territory is located in the Italian region of ...
, a small mountainous region in northeastern Italy
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Slavia, Florida
Slavia is an unincorporated community in Seminole County, Florida, United States. Slavia is located along State Road 426 near the southwest border of Oviedo.
History
In 1911, Lutheran Slovaks originally from what at the time was the Austro-Hun ...
, an unincorporated community in Seminole County
Sports
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SK Slavia Prague
Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional association football, football football team, club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are ...
, a Czech football club
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SK Slavia Praha (women)
SK Slavia Praha Ženy is a Czech women's football team from Prague representing SK Slavia Prague. It competes in the Czech First Division.
History
Slavia was a pioneer in women's football in Czechoslovakia, and won the first three editions of th ...
, football
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Slavia Prague (juniors), a men's junior football club
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BC Slavia Prague, now
USK Praha
USK Praha (, University Sports Club Prague), formerly known as Slavia VŠ Praha (), is a Czech Republic, Czech professional basketball Club (organization), club that was founded in 1953 in the city of Prague. USK Praha plays in the National Bas ...
, basketball
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SK Slavia Prague Basketball, basketball
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DHC Slavia Prague
DHC Slavia Prague the Czech women's handball section of Czech omnisport club SK Slavia Prague. It was established in 1919. They are currently competing in the MOL Liga and the Czech Women's Handball League.
The team won four Czechoslovak champ ...
, women's handball
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HC Slavia Prague
HC Slavia Praha (eng: HC Slavia Prague) is a Czech professional ice hockey team located in Prague playing in the Czech 1st National Hockey League, the second-highest league in the country. Slavia played in the Czech Extraliga from 1994 until ...
, ice hockey
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RC Slavia Prague
RC Slavia Prague is a Czech rugby club based in Prague. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV and are the oldest existing club in the Czech Republic. The club forms part of the Slavia Prague sports network.
History
The club was founded on ...
, rugby union
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Slavia Sofia (sports club), based in Sofia, Bulgaria
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PFC Slavia Sofia
PFC Slavia Sofia 1913 () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First Professional Football League, First League. Slavia's home g ...
, football
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Slavia Stadium
Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov () is a multi-purpose stadium in the Slavia district of Sofia, Bulgaria named after the football legend Aleksandar Shalamanov. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of the local football ...
in Sofia
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BC Slavia Sofia
WBC Slavia Sofia is a Bulgarian women's basketball section of the Slavia Sofia sport society. Men's basketball team of Slavia Sofia is not active.
Slavia Sofia was an early powerhouse of Bulgarian women's basketball, winning 12 national champio ...
, basketball
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HC Slavia Sofia
HC Slavia Sofia (), ''Slaviya Sofiya'') is a professional ice hockey team from the Bulgarian Hockey League based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The team has won 19 league titles, and are a member of the Slavia Sofia sports club.
History
The team was found ...
, ice hockey
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FC Slavia Mozyr
FC Slavia Mozyr or FK Slaviya Mazyr (, ) is a Belarusian professional football club based in Mazyr, Belarus.
History
The team was founded in 1987 as Polessie (Polesia). Between 1987 and 1991, they played in the Belarusian SSR league. From 1992 t ...
, a Belarusian football club
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FK Slavia Orlová-Lutyně FK or fk may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Flyer Killer, fictional automated robots in the ''Terminator'' film franchise
* Fox Kids, a former American children's television programming block
* Funky Kong, a video game character
Place
* F ...
, a Czech football club
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HK Slávia Partizánske
HK Slávia Partizánske, also known as Danlog Partizánske for sponsorship reasons, is a Slovak women's handball club from Partizánske. Founded in 1965 as TJ Iskra Partizánske, it took its current name in 1997. It currently competes in the WHI ...
, a Slovakian women's handball club
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Slavia Louňovice Slavia may refer to:
Toponymy
* Slavia, a general term for an area inhabited by Slavs
* Slawiya, one of the tribal centers of early East Slavs
* The medieval name for the Wendish settlement area
* The medieval name for the duchy of Pomerania
* T ...
, a Czech football club
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Slavia Melbourne
The Slavia Melbourne Soccer Club is a defunct Australian association football (soccer) club that was based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club was founded in 1950 by Czech migrants and became a leading club in Australian football. Slavia competed in ...
, an Australian football club
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FC Slavia Karlovy Vary
FC Slavia Karlovy Vary is a football club located in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The club currently plays in the Czech Fourth Division. The club took part in the Bohemian Football League
3rd Bohemian Football League (; ČFL) is one of the third ...
, a Czech football club
Other uses
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Slavia (band)
Slavia was a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1994 in Kongsberg by Jonas Raskolnikov Christiansen and originally named Dreygjarnir. The band changed their name to Slavia in 1997 and was later based in Bergen where Christiansen attended univer ...
, a Norwegian black metal band
* , the faculty of Eastern European studies at
Ghent University
Ghent University (, abbreviated as UGent) is a Public university, public research university located in Ghent, in the East Flanders province of Belgium.
Located in Flanders, Ghent University is the second largest Belgian university, consisting o ...
, Belgium
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Škoda Slavia
The Škoda Slavia is a Subcompact car, subcompact Sedan (automobile), sedan (B-segment) manufactured by Škoda Auto, Škoda primarily for the Indian market. It was introduced in November 2021 and has been produced since 2022. Built on the Volkswag ...
, a subcompact sedan/saloon sold in India
See also
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Slavija (disambiguation), for the Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovenian spelling
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Sclavonia (disambiguation)
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