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[[File:Lechvs primus.jpg|thumb|upright|200px|Depiction of the legendary ruler [[Lech, Czech and Rus|Lech]], with the description: "Lech the first prince of the Polans signed and marked in his native Nysa with the symbol of the white eagle"]]


'''Lechia''' is an ancient [[name of Poland]], and the historical homeland name of the [[Sorbs]], [[Silesians]] and [[Polabians]].<ref>"Laesir is the [[Old Norse]] term for the Ljachar, a people originating at the river [[Vistula]] in Poland". [in:] Theodore Murdock Andersson, Kari Ellen Gade Morkinskinna : The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030-1157). {{ISBN|978-0-8014-3694-9}} p. 471; "The word here for Poles is "Laesum" – the dative plural from a nominative plural "Laesir". This clearly is derived from the old name for Pole – "Lyakh", since in the course of the Slavonic paradigm -''kh''- becomes -''s''-in accordance with the "[[second palatalization]]" and the addition of the regular Norse plural ending of -''ir''- [...] [in:] The Ukrainian review. 1963. p. 70</ref><ref>
{{cite book
| last1 = Pritsak
| first1 = Omeljan
| author-link1 = Omeljan Pritsak
| last2 = Hryshevs'kyi
| first2 = Mykhailo S
| author-link2 = Mykhailo Hrushevsky
| title = The Origin of Rus': Old Scandinavian sources other than the sagas
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zF5pAAAAMAAJ
| series = Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute monograph series
| year = 1981
| volume = 1 of The Origin of Rus'
| publisher = Harvard University Press
| publication-date = 1981
| page = 300
| isbn = 9780674644656
| access-date = 20 July 2020
| quote = [...] 'eastern [[Wends]],' meaning obviously the Vjatyci/Radimici, ''Laesir'' '[[Poles]]' or '[[Western Slavs]]' (cf. Old Rus'ian ''ljaxy'') [...].
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</ref> The name stemming from the legendary founder and supposed ruler [[Lechites|''Lech'']] (a common first name today). The root syllable survives in several [[European languages]] and in some Central Asian and Middle Eastern names designating Poland, for example:

* ''Leasir'' in [[Old Norse language|Old Norse]]
* ''Lenkija'' in [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]
* ''Lehia'' in [[Romanian language|Romanian]]
* ''Λεχία'' in [[Greek language|Greek]]
* ''Lengyelország'' in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
* ''Lehastan'' in [[Armenian language|Armenian]]
* ''Lehistan'' in [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]], [[Gagauz language|Gagauz]], [[Kumyk language|Kumyk]], [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Turkish]] and [[Kurdi language|Kurdi]]
* ''Lehistan tarihi'' in [[Turkish language|Turkish]]
* ''Лихѧна'' in [[Church Slavonic language|Church Slavonic]]
* ''Лахьыбзэ'' in [[Kabardian language|Kabardian]]
* ''Ləhistan/Löhüstan'' (لهستان) in [[Azerbaijani language|Middle Azerbaijani]]
* ''Lahestan/Lehestan'' (لهستان) in [[Persian language|Persian]]
* ''Lechorum'' in [[Latin language|Latin]]
* ''Lähistan'' (لەھىستان) in [[Uighur language|Uighur]]
* ''Läxstan'' in [[Tatar language|Tatar]], [[Bashkir language|Bashkir]] and [[Siberian Tatar language|Siberian Tatar]]
* ''Liachistan'', ''Liachija'', ''Lech Jer'', ''Liach'', ''Liach Bijligi'' in [[Karaim language|Karaim]]

According to legend, the name derives from the first ruler of Poland, [[Lech, Czech, and Rus|Lech]]. See [[name of Poland]] and [[Lechites]] for details. It is also the root of the term ''[[Lechitic languages]], [[Silesia]], [[Leszno]] and [[Legnica]]''. Historical west border names are komonly known as [[Limes Sorabicus]] and [[Limes Saxoniae]].

Several Polish sports organizations have adopted the name ''Lechia''. The best-known example is [[Lechia Gdańsk]]. Other examples include [[Lechia Lwów]] and [[Lechia Zielona Góra]]. In the [[People's Republic of Poland]], the [[Nivea]] branch located in [[Poznań]] was named the Pollena-Lechia Cosmetics Factory (''Fabryka Kosmetyków Pollena-Lechia'').

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== See also ==
* [[Lech, Czech and Rus]]
* [[Lechitic languages]]
* [[Lechites]]
* [[Limes Sorabicus]]
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== References ==
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==External links==
* Thomas M. Shoemaker and James E. Mack. (2002) ''The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook''. Edwin B. Kurtz. {{ISBN|0-07-136240-1}}.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=iyQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA144&dq=popular+science+1949+%22it+takes+years%22&hl=en&ei=hPrgTPjnAoyinweoqqzPDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=true '' "How Linemen Handle Hot Wires And Stay Alive" '', July 1949, Popular Science] basics explained on lineman safety for the general public
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090124165835/http://www.iuota.org/ Inter-Utility Overhead Trainers Association]


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