Lithuania is the most southern Baltic country, with Vilnius as its capital. Travel to Lithuania, eastern Lithuania, the president of Lithuania.
It was the largest country in Europe in the fifteenth century, joined with Poland. Its language is the most conservative living Indo-European tongue, keeping forms lost everywhere else, which makes it invaluable to linguists. It was the first Soviet republic to declare independence, in 1990.
1nounlithuaniaA country on the Baltic Sea.
“Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, has a beautiful old town.”
lithuania is a country.
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Lietuva
Proto-Slavic
*Litъva
Medieval Latin
Lītuānia
English
Lithuania
English, today
lithuania
Lithuania comes from Medieval Latin Lītuānia, from Proto-Slavic Litъva, from olt Lietuva; compare the Early Modern synonym Lettow (from Middle English Lettowe). It has been speculated that the name comes from the rivulet Lietauka,
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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