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cyril northcote parkinson |
cyrilla |
cyrilla family |
cyrilla racemiflora |
cyrilliaceae |
cyrillic
| cyrillic alphabet
| cyriologic
| cyrtomium
| cyrtomium aculeatum
| cyrtostyle
cyrillic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cyrillic has 1 sense
- cyrillic(n = noun.communication) cyrillic alphabet - an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages); Array is a kind of alphabet, bicameral script
Derived form adjective cyrillic1
Adjective cyrillic has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cyrillic, adj. & n.
--adj. denoting the alphabet used by the Slavonic peoples of the Orthodox Church; now used esp. for Russian and Bulgarian.
--n. this alphabet.
--adj. denoting the alphabet used by the Slavonic peoples of the Orthodox Church; now used esp. for Russian and Bulgarian.
--n. this alphabet.
Etymology
St Cyril d. 869, its reputed inventor
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