Polabian

American

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

Also Polab

noun

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