Lechia is also the name of a spider genus. Lechia is the historical and/or alternative name of Poland, stemming from the word Lech. It is still present in several European languages and some languages of Central Asia and the Middle East: · Lenkija in the Lithuanian language · Lengyelország in the Hungarian language · Lehastan in the Armenian language, · Lehistan in the Ottoman Turkish language · Lahestan/Lehestan in Persian. The term Lechia derives from the tribe of L?dzianie. See name of Poland and Lechites for details. Sport teams · Lechia Gda?sk · Lechia Dzier?oniów · Lechia S?dziszów Ma?opolski · Lechia Lwów See also · Lech, Czech and Rus · Lechitic languages · Polonia Lechia