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noun
A member of certain West Slavic peoples, including the ancestors of modern Poles, Silesians and the historical Pomeranians and Polabians, speakers of the Lechitic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
The name is ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lęděninъ (“wasteland dweller”) and is the source of many Polish surnames, such as Lech. More at Lechite.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
