Polonia

Polonia is the Latin name for Poland, as well as in many Romance and other languages. Compare: Lechia. In modern Polish language, however, it is usually used to refer to people of Polish origin who live outside Polish borders, i.e. the Polish diaspora.

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There are roughly 15 million people of Polish ancestry living outside Poland. Reasons vary from border shifts to forced resettlement to political or economic emigration. Major Polish minorities can be found in Germany and the United States.

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Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

Romance: "Romance" can refer to several things. Although commonly used today to refer to love, it previously had a wider application....

Lechia: Lechia is the historical and/or alternative name of Poland, still present in several European languages: Lenkija in Lithuanian, Lengyelorszag in Hungarian, Lehistan in Turkish and Lechistan in some Central Asian and Middle Eastern nations (notably Persia - Iran)....