- The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of
nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in
Bohemia and Moravia.
D () The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant.
The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it
from Ph/nician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is
related most nearly to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter,
G. tochter, Gr. qyga`thr, Skr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation,
Ã178, 179, 229.
Definition
[ n. pl.]