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polab

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Po⋅la⋅bi⋅an

  [poh-lah-bee-uhn, -ley-]
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–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.
Also, Po⋅lab  [poh-lahb] .

Origin:
1865–70; Polab + -ian; cf. G polabisch, NL Polabicus; ult. from tribal name, formed with common W Slavic po- along, bordering + Lab(a) Elbe River (cf. Czech Labe)
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