First Known Use: 1866
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Polabian
noun Po·la·bi·an \pō-ˈlä-bē-ən, -ˈlā-\
Definition of POLABIAN
1
or Po·lab \pō-ˈläb\ : a member of a Slavic people formerly dwelling in the basin of the Elbe and on the Baltic coast of Germany
2
: the extinct West Slavic language of the Polabians
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Origin of POLABIAN
Polab, ultimately from Polabian po on + Låbí, the Elbe River
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