Lechia

Lechia is also the name of a spider genus.

Lechia is the historical and/or alternative name of Poland, stemming from the word Lech (which is also a common first name). It is still present in several European languages and some languages of Central Asia and the Middle East:

• Lenkija in the Lithuanian language
• Lengyelország in the Hungarian language
• Lehastan in the Armenian language,
• Lehistan in the Ottoman Turkish language
• Lahestan/Lehestan in Persian.
• Lehia in the Romanian language

The term Lechia derives from the tribe of Lędzianie. See name of Poland and Lechites for details.

It is also the derivation for the term Lechitic languages associated with Poland.

[edit] Sport teams

• Lechia Gdańsk
• Lechia Dzierżoniów
• Lechia Sędziszów Małopolski
• Lechia Lwów

[edit] See also

• Lech, Czech and Rus
• Lechitic languages
• Polonia

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