Names of Poland

An 18th century map labeled "Poland"
A Denarius from the 11th century with the Latin name "Polonie".
Poland of 11th century under Bolesław I the Brave.
Name "Polonia" in 11th century Annales Quedlinburgenses.
11th century „Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum Adam of Bremen note Polans "trans Oddaram sunt Polanos".

The ethnonyms for the Poles (people)[1] and Poland (their country)[2] include endonyms (the way Polish people refer to themselves and their country) and exonyms (the way other peoples refer to the Poles and their country). Endonyms and most exonyms for Poles and Poland derive from the name of the West Slavic tribe of Polans (Polanie), while in some languages the exonyms for Poland to derive from the name of another tribe – the Lendians (Lędzianie).

  1. ^ Polani by John Canaparius, Vita sancti Adalberti episcopi Pragensis, or Life of St. Adalbert of Prague, 999.
  2. ^ Polenia by Thietmar of Merseburg Chronicle, 1002. (German: Polen)