pōˈlābēən noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Polab Polabian (of Slavic origin, akin to Polish po on and to Polish Łaba Elbe, river in Czechoslovakia and Germany) + -an
1. or po·lab pōˈläb : 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