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CYRILLIC ALPHABET
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages)
Synonyms:
Cyrillic; Cyrillic alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Cyrillic alphabet" is a kind of...):
alphabet (a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language)
bicameral script (a script having two distinct cases)