/poh lah"bee euhn, -lay"-/ , n.
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, Polab /poh lahb"/ .
[ 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 ) ]