"speaking of" meaning in English

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Adverb

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  1. (colloquial) Speaking of which; relatedly, used to introduce a related topic. Tags: colloquial Translations (relatedly): على فِكْرَةٍ (ʕala fikratin) (Arabic), على سيرة (ʕala sīre) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), sözü gəlmişkən (Azerbaijani), yeri gəlmişkən (Azerbaijani), 話說 (Chinese Mandarin), 话说 (huà shuō) (Chinese Mandarin), en parlant de (French), apropos (German), übrigens (German), da wir gerade davon sprechen (German), μιας και τό 'φερε η κουβέντα (mias kai tó 'fere i kouvénta) (Greek), παρεμπιπτόντως (parempiptóntos) (Greek), à propos (Polish), przy okazji (Polish), på tala om (english: set phrase) (Swedish), apropå (Swedish), på tal om (Swedish), demişken (Turkish)
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          "roman": "mias kai tó 'fere i kouvénta",
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