slava

/S L AA1 V AH0/
noun
  1. 1

    (Eastern Orthodoxy) The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians and Gorani.

  2. 2

    A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian male given name diminutive Сла́ва (Sláva)