Polabian

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A West Slavic language, extinct in the 18th century.

Noun

• A Polabian Slav; one of a number of Lechite tribes who lived along the Elbe river in what is now eastern Germany.

Origin

• From the name of Polabian tribes, which in turn derives from the name of the Elbe river in Slavic languages: Łaba in Polish and Labe in Czech.