Cyrillic
WRITING SYSTEM DEVELOPED IN BULGARIA AND USED FOR VARIOUS LANGUAGES OF EURASIA
Cyrillic Alphabet; Azbuka; Kyrylytsia; Cyrilic; Cyrillic letter; Cyrillic letters; Kirillic alphabet; Cyrillic-alphabet; Cyrillic characters; ISO 15924:Cyrl; Cyrlic; Crillic; Crylic; Cryllic; Cyrillic language; Cirillic; Cryllic alphabet; Cyrillics; Cyrillic Letters; Cyrrilic; Cyrillic-based alphabet; Кириллица; Cyrillic; Cyrillic alphabet; Cyrilic alphabet; Cyrl (script); Cyrillic (script); Cyrillic Script; Cyrillic Azbuka; Cyrillic azbuka; Cyrillic-Azbuka; Cyrillic-azbuka; Ћирилична азбука; Ћирилична Азбука; Ћирилична-азбука; Ћирилична-Азбука; Ćirilična azbuka; Ćirilična Azbuka; Ćirilična-azbuka; Ćirilična-Azbuka; Cirilicna azbuka; Cirilicna Azbuka; Cirilicna-azbuka; Cirilicna-Azbuka; Cirillic script; Cyrillic-script; Neo-Cyrillic alphabet; Neo-Cyrillic; Neo-Cyrillic script; Cyrillic languages; Cyrillic typography; Cyryllic alphabet; Cyryllic; Cyryllic script
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¦ adjective denoting the alphabet used by many Slavic peoples, chiefly those with a historical allegiance to the Orthodox Church; now used especially for Russian and Bulgarian.
¦ noun the Cyrillic alphabet.
Origin
C19: named after the 9th-cent. Greek missionary St Cyril, its reputed inventor.