a province subject to the house of Austria, and bounded on the north-east by the rivers Drave and Danube, which separate it from Hungary; being about two hundred miles long, and sixty broad.

It takes its name from the Slavni, an ancient people of European Scythia; from whom is likewise derived the Sclavonic language, which is said to be the most extensive language in the world, except the Arabic; as being the common mother of the Ruthian, Hungarian, Polish, Bulgarian, Carinthian, Bohemian, &c. languages.