Polabian
[ poh-lah-bee-uh n, -ley- ]
/ poʊˈlɑ bi ən, -ˈleɪ- /
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.
Also
Po·lab
[poh-lahb] /poʊˈlɑb/.
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)