Lechia

E1001717

Lechia is an old historical and poetic name for Poland, often used in Slavic and medieval sources.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lechia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical name ⓘ
poetic name ⓘ
associatedWith Polish history ⓘ
Polish national identity ⓘ
belongsToTradition West Slavic tradition ⓘ
contrastedWith Polska ⓘ
linked to: Poland
countryNameType exonym/endonym variant ⓘ
culturalRole symbolic name for Poland in literature ⓘ
describedAs old historical and poetic name for Poland ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo Lech ⓘ
hasDerivativeForm Lechites ⓘ
linked to: Wends

Lechitic ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfUse Middle Ages ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
languageContext Slavic languages ⓘ
mentionedIn medieval chronicles ⓘ
nameType traditional geographic name ⓘ
refersTo Poland ⓘ
regionContext Central Europe ⓘ
relatedConcept Lechitic tribes ⓘ
relatedMythology Lech, Czech and Rus legend ⓘ
usedIn Slavic sources ⓘ
medieval sources ⓘ
usedPoeticallyFor the Polish people ⓘ
the Polish state ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lach → etymologicallyRelatedTo → Lechia ⓘ