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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.


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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 )

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