Pomeranians (Slavic tribe)

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The Pomeranians (Kashubian: Pòmòrzónie; Polish: Pomorzanie; German: Pomoranen), first mentioned as such in the 10th century, were a West Slavic tribe, which from the 5th to the 6th centuries had settled in the region of Pomerania, along the southern coast of the Baltic Sea between the mouths of the Recknitz and Vistula Rivers. They spoke the Pomeranian language which belonged to the Lechitic languages, a branch of the West Slavic language family. The name Pomerania has its origin in the Old Polish po more, which means "Land at the Sea".

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