Polonia
/poʊˈloʊ.ni.ə/noun
A poetic or Latin name for Poland.
Did you know?Polonia is the Latinized form of the Slavic ethnonym behind Poland, and it survives today in the names of Polish communities worldwide, especially in diaspora contexts.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Slavic
PS
*polje
“field, open land”
Early Slavic
Slavic
*Poljane
“people of the fields, inhabitants of open country”
10th–11th Century
Latin
Polonia
“the land of the Poles; Poland”
Middle Ages
Latin
Polonia
“the kingdom of Poland in medieval Latin usage”
Modern English
English
Polonia
“a poetic or formal name for Poland”