Lithuania
English

Location of Lithuania
Etymology
From Latin Lituania, which is a loanword from Proto-Slavic *Litъva, which is a loanword from Old Lithuanian Lietuva.
It has been speculated that the name comes from the rivulet Lietauka[1], although archeological evidence does not corroborate this hypothesis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌlɪθ.(j)uˈeɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌlɪθˈweɪ.ni.ə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪniə
Proper noun
Lithuania
- A country in north-eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika).
Related terms
Translations
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- Zigmas Zinkevičius, Lietuvos senosios valstybės 40 svarbiausių mįslių, Vilnius, 2011, p. 111
See also
- Appendix:Place names in Lithuania
- Ethnographic regions of Lithuania
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- Appendix:Place names in Lithuania
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