- For other uses, see Polonia (disambiguation).
Polonia is the Latin, Italian, Spanish name for Poland. See also: Lechia. Today, it is usually used in Poland to refer to people of Polish origin who live outside Polish borders, i.e. the Polish diaspora.
According to different estimates, there are between 14 and 17 million Poles living outside Poland; in other words, about three in ten ethnic Poles are expatriates. Reasons vary from border shifts to forced resettlement to political or economic emigration. Major Polonia communities can be found in Germany and the United States.
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