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Lechia is a historical and/or alternative name of Poland,〔"Laesir is the Old Norse term for the Ljachar, a people near the Vistula in Poland". () 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''- () () The Ukrainian review. 1963. p. 70; "eastern Wends, meaning obviously the Vjatyci/Radimici, Laesir "Poles" or "Western Slavs" (ef. Old Rus'ian ''ljaxy'') () Omeljan Pritsak. Old Scandinavian sources other than the sagas. 1981. p. 300〕 stemming from the word ''Lech'' (which is also a common first name). It is still present in several European languages and some languages of Central Asia and the Middle East: * ''Lahestan/Lehestan'' in Persian * ''Lengyelország'' in Hungarian * ''Lehastan'' in Armenian * ''Lehistan'' in Ottoman Turkish (''Polonya'' in modern Turkish, but Polish language is still called ''Lehçe'') * ''Lenkija'' in Lithuanian * ''Lehia'' in Romanian The term ''Lechia'' derives from the tribe of Lędzianie.〔 W. Chrzanowski. ''Kronika Słowian: Polanie''. Vol. 2. Libron. 2006. p. 73.〕 See name of Poland and Lechites for details. It is also the derivation for the term ''Lechitic languages'', associated with Poland. Several Polish sports organizations are named Lechia. The best known example is Lechia Gdańsk. Other examples are Lechia Lwów, Lechia Dzierżoniów, Lechia Zielona Góra and Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki. In the People's Republic of Poland, the Nivea branch located in Poznań was named the Pollena-Lechia Cosmetics Factory (''Fabryka Kosmetyków Pollena-Lechia''). == See also == * Lech, Czech and Rus * Lechitic languages * John III Sobieski 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lechia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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