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Polab|ˈpəʊlɑːb|
Also Polabe.
[Slav., cf. Pol. po on, Labe Elbe.]
a. A member of a Slavonic people once inhabiting the region around the lower Elbe.
b. The West Slavonic language of this people, now extinct. Also attrib.
1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 347/2 The earlier inhabitants of Lauenburg were a Slavic tribe known by the name of Polabes. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Polabian,..one of an ancient Slavic people dwelling on the lower Elbe, now wholly Germanized... Polab. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXI. 902/1 Polabs,..the Slavs..who dwelt upon the Elbe and eastwards to the Oder. 1911[see Lech, Lekh n.5 and a.]. 1934[see Lechitic n. and a.]. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VIII. 72/3 By the early 9th century the Polabs were organized into two confederations or principalities. |