Polabian

[ poh-lah-bee-uhn, -ley- ]

noun

1. a member of a Slavic people who once lived in the Elbe River basin and on the Baltic coast of northern Germany.
2. the extinct Slavic language of this people.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Polabian¹

1865–70; Polab + -ian; compare German polabisch, New Latin Polabicus; ultimately from tribal name, formed with common W Slavic po- along, bordering + Lab ( a ) Elbe River (compare Czech Labe )

Example Sentences

Polabian, pō-lā′bi-an, n. one of an ancient Slavic race, belonging to the same group as the Poles, occupying the basin of the lower Elbe.

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