Polans
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hypothetical 10th century Central European ethnic group
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Encyclopedic overview
Expansion of the Polans and their strongholds (gords), early to mid-10th century
West Slavs of the 9th–10th centuries A fragment of the Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (1073) by Adam of Bremen containing the name Polans – Latin: trans Oddaram sunt Polanos, lit. 'across the Oder are the Polans'.
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