History of Poland A n c i e n t P 0 L A N D, or Polonia, called
by the natives P O L S K A, takes its name, as some conjecture,
from Palaeo-Slavic word [Polje] Pole, which in the Slavonian
language (commonly spoken in Poland) signifies a plain and
champion country. In Latin language - campus and in Greek
[please see] Others suppose, that the inhabitants, from their
first leader ,Lechus or Lachus , being called Po-lachi, that is,
the posterity of Lachus ; and by corruption Polani and Poloni,
imparted their name to their country. And in favor of this
opinion it may be argued, that they called themselves Polacci,
the Italians Polacchi ; the Russians, Greeks, and Tatars call
them Lachi, and Lechitae ; the Hungarians Lengel. Poland was
created by the conquest of other Slavic tribe Likatii from its
original location on the river Licus (now the name of the river
Lech). Paul de Diakon in his work, the History of Longobardow
for the first time in written history mentions the name of the
river Lech, Lecha (Licus) Chris