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Polabian

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[poh-lah-bee-uhn, -ley-] / poʊˈlɑ bi ən, -ˈleɪ- /
Also Polab

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.

Etymology

Origin of Polabian

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 )

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