Poles
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The Polish people, or Poles are a Western Slavic ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent. Their religion is predominantly Roman Catholic. The Poles can also be referred to as the inhabitants of Poland and Polish emigrants irrespective of their ethnicity. A wide-ranging Polish diaspora exists throughout Western and Eastern Europe, the Americas and Australia.
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See also
- Polonization
- Karta Polaka
- Polish nationality law
- Demographics of Poland
- List of Polish Jews
- List of Polish people
- Name of Poland (etymology of the demonym)
- Pole, Hungarian, two good friends
- Poles in Germany
- Poles in Lithuania
- Poles in Romania
- Poles in the former Soviet Union
- Poles in the United Kingdom
- Polish Argentine
- Polish Australians
- Polish Brazilians
- Polish British
- Polish Canadians
- Polish minority in the Czech Republic
- Polish minority in France
- Polish Venezuelan
- Sons of Poland
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