Moravian

English

Etymology 1

From Moravia +‎ -an.

Adjective

Moravian (comparative more Moravian, superlative most Moravian)

1. Of, or pertaining to, Moravia or its people or culture.
2. Of, or pertaining to, the Moravian Church or its members.
3. Pertaining to, or bordering on, the Morava river in Czech Republic, Europe.
4. Pertaining to, or bordering on, the Morava river in Serbia, Europe.

Derived terms

• Moravian Gate

 

Translations

pertaining to Moravia

• Bulgarian: моравски (moravski)
• Catalan: moravià (ca)
• Czech: moravský (cs)
• Dutch: Moravisch (nl)
• Finnish: määriläinen
• French: morave (fr) m or f
• Georgian: მორავიული (moraviuli), მორავიის (moraviis)
• German: mährisch (de)
• Hungarian: morva (hu)
• Irish: Morávach
• Spanish: moravo (es)
• Swedish: märisk
• Ukrainian: мора́вський (morávsʹkyj)
• Welsh: Morafaidd

pertaining to the Moravian Church

• Catalan: moravià (ca)
• Finnish: herrnhutilainen
• German: brüderisch, herrnhutisch
• Icelandic: Bræðrasöfnuðurinn m
• Irish: Morávach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Brødremenigheten m

• Sranan Tongo: Anitri
• Welsh: Morafaidd

pertaining to the Morava river in Czech

pertaining to the Morava river in Serbia

Noun

Moravian (plural Moravians)

1. (historical) A person from Moravia.
2. A member of the Moravian Church.
3. A group of Slavic dialects spoken in the Moravia region, considered by some linguists to compose a language separate from Czech.

Translations

person from Moravia

• Catalan: moravià (ca) m
• Czech: Moravan (cs) m, Moravanka (cs) f, Moravák (cs) m
• Dutch: Moraviër (nl) m, Moravische (nl) f
• Esperanto: moraviano (man or woman), moravianino (woman)
• Finnish: määriläinen
• French: Morave (fr) m or f
• Georgian: მორავიელი (moravieli)
• German: Mähre (de) m, Mährin (de) f, Mährer (de) m, Mährerin (de) f
• Polish: Morawianin m, Morawianka f
• Spanish: moravo (es) m
• Swedish: mär (sv) c (male), märiska c (female)
• Welsh: Morafiad m or f

member of the Moravian Church

• Finnish: herrnhutilainen
• French: frère (fr) morave (fr)
• German: Herrnhuter m, Herrnhuterin f, Brüdergemeine (de) f (collective)
• Sranan Tongo: Anitri

group of dialects spoken in Moravia

• Finnish: määri (fi), moraavi
• Swedish: märiska c

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

Moravian (comparative more Moravian, superlative most Moravian)

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

Noun

Moravian (plural Moravians)

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

Synonyms

• Morayvian