Masovians
Sign in to savethumb|Masovians as Mazowszanie around the mid-Vistula River region Masovians, also spelled as Mazovians, and historically known as Masurians, is an ethnographic group of Polish people that originates from the region of Masovia, located mostly within borders of the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. They speak the Masovian dialect of Polish.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Masovians
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Mazowszanie (Polish)
- Ethnic group.image
- POL województwo mazowieckie flag.svg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- The flag of the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
- Ethnic group.regions
- Poland (Masovian Voivodeship)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Polish (Masovian dialect)
- Ethnic group.religions
- Roman Catholicism
- Ethnic group.related_groups
- Poles, Masurians, Podlachians
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thumb|Masovians as Mazowszanie around the mid-Vistula River region Masovians, also spelled as Mazovians, and historically known as Masurians, is an ethnographic group of Polish people that originates from the region of Masovia, located mostly within borders of the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. They speak the Masovian dialect of Polish.
The group originates from the Lechitic tribe of Masovians, first referenced in the historical records by Nestor the Chronicler in the 11th century.