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In Lithuania, I am known as a poet, and they don't care about my cinema. In Europe, they don't know my poetry; in Europe, I am a filmmaker. But here, in the United States, I am only a maverick!
Jonas Mekas

Meaning of "Lithuania" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LITHUANIA

Lithuania  [ˌlɪθjʊˈeɪnɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LITHUANIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lithuania is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LITHUANIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lithuania

Lithuania

Coordinates: 55°N 24°E / 55°N 24°E / 55; 24 Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in Northern Europe, the largest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It borders Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 3 million as of 2013, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Lithuanians are a Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, and Latvian are the only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. For centuries, the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea was inhabited by various Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, the Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, the King of Lithuania, and the first unified Lithuanian state, the Kingdom of Lithuania, was created on 6 July 1253. During the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest country in Europe; present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia were the territories of the Grand Duchy.

Definition of Lithuania in the English dictionary

The definition of Lithuania in the dictionary is a republic in NE Europe, on the Baltic Sea: a grand duchy in medieval times; united with Poland in 1569; occupied by Russia in 1795 and by Germany during World War I; independent Lithuania formed in 1918, but occupied by Soviet troops in 1919 and then by Poland; became a Soviet republic in 1940; unilaterally declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1990; recognized as independent in 1991; joined the EU in 2004. Official language: Lithuanian. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: litas. Capital: Vilnius. Pop: 3 515 858. Area: 65 200 sq km Also called: Lithuanian Republic Lithuanian name: Lietuva.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LITHUANIA


Albania
ælˈbeɪnɪə
bibliomania
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈmeɪnɪə
Campania
kæmˈpeɪnɪə
decalcomania
dɪˌkælkəˈmeɪnɪə
hypomania
ˌhaɪpəʊˈmeɪnɪə
leishmania
liːʃˈmeɪnɪə
mania
ˈmeɪnɪə
Mauritania
ˌmɒrɪˈteɪnɪə
miscellanea
ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə
nymphomania
ˌnɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə
Pennsylvania
ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪnɪə
Pomerania
ˌpɒməˈreɪnɪə
Rainier
ˈreɪnɪə
Romania
rəʊˈmeɪnɪə
Rumania
ruːˈmeɪnɪə
Tasmania
tæzˈmeɪnɪə
titania
taɪˈteɪnɪə
Transylvania
ˌtrænsɪlˈveɪnɪə
Urania
jʊˈreɪnɪə
zanier
ˈzeɪnɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LITHUANIA

Lithuanian
Lithuanian Republic
litigable
litigant
litigate
litigation
litigation friend
litigator
litigious
litigiously
litigiousness
litmus
litmus paper
litmus test
litotes
litotic
litre
LittB
LittD

WORDS THAT END LIKE LITHUANIA

Alania
Anglomania
Aquitania
Araucania
Azania
Catania
Chania
Christiania
erotomania
Hania
Hispania
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
kleptomania
Lucania
Lusitania
megalomania
melomania
Oceania
Tanzania
zizania

Synonyms and antonyms of Lithuania in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Lithuania» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LITHUANIA

Find out the translation of Lithuania to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Lithuania from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Lithuania» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

立陶宛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Lituania
570 millions of speakers

English

Lithuania
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लिथुआनिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لَوتُوَانْيَاً
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Литва
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Lituânia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লিত্ভা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Lituanie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lithuania
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Litauen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リトアニア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리투아니아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lithuania
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nước Lithuania
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லிதுவேனியா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लिथुआनिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Litvanya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Lituania
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Litwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Литва
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Lituania
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Λιθουανία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Lithuania
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Litauen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Litauen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Lithuania

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LITHUANIA»

The term «Lithuania» is very widely used and occupies the 5.484 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LITHUANIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Lithuania» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Lithuania» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Lithuania

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6 QUOTES WITH «LITHUANIA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Lithuania.
1
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither have they managed to wipe out religion to the extent that we had feared.
2
David Lee
My parents were born and brought up in New York City. My father was trained as an electrical engineer, and my mother was an elementary school teacher. They were the children of Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from England and Lithuania in the late 1800s.
3
Jonas Mekas
I myself saw the great works of Western civilization for the first time in my high school in Lithuania in bad black-and-white reproductions on miserable paper. That was, for many years, what art was for me. But from those miserable black-and-white reproductions, I got something, something unmistakable.
4
Jonas Mekas
In Lithuania, I am known as a poet, and they don't care about my cinema. In Europe, they don't know my poetry; in Europe, I am a filmmaker. But here, in the United States, I am only a maverick!
5
David Schwimmer
I've commissioned an adaptation of 'The Jungle', by Upton Sinclair, a story of a young immigrant from Lithuania to the meat-packing industry of Chicago in 1904, and the rise of the unions in America.
6
Antony Sher
My grandparents all came from Lithuania to South Africa.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LITHUANIA»

Discover the use of Lithuania in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Lithuania and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central ...
This book, first published in 1994, studies the rise of a pagan state in late medieval Christendom against a background of crises in Europe.
S. C. Rowell, 1994
2
The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
The Baltic States brings together three titles, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to provide a comprehensive and analytical guide integrating history, political science, economic development and contemporary events into one account.
Thomas Lane, Artis Pabriks, Aldis Purs, 2013
3
Lithuania: Stepping Westward
Harrison, Lithuania's Fight for Freedom, p.5. Kaslas, p.12; Harrison, Lithuania 1928, p.128-31. Examples of these deities were Perkunas, the God of Thunder and Lightning, Zetnirtinkas, the God of the Earth, and Gariia, the God of Fire: Norern, ...
Thomas Lane, 2014
4
Lithuania: An Opportunity for Economic Success
Soon after its declaration of independence, Lithuania launched a program of market-based economic reforms that achieved remarkable results.
‎1998
5
Lithuania: The Rebel Nation
An exploration of the survival and development of the Lithuanian people, once caught in epochal struggles between the Russian and German states, and now restored to independence.
Vytas Stanley Vardys, 1997
6
Lithuania: The Rebirth of a Nation, 1991-1994
Readers of Lithuania will find its discussions applicable to most former Soviet republics and Eastern Bloc states. The book will be invaluable to students and scholars of Lithuania, Soviet history, and international political policy.
Alexandra Ashbourne, 1999
7
Historical Dictionary of Lithuania
This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, and events; institutions and organizations; and political, economic, ...
Saulius A. Suziedelis, 2011
8
The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, ...
"Snyder then follows transformed national ideas onto the new terrains presented by national independence after the revolutions of 1989.
Timothy Snyder, 2003
9
Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A ...
Annotation A history of Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the eighteenth century which argues that this largest Jewish community in the world at that time must be at the center of consideration of modernity in Jewish history.
Gershon David Hundert, 2004
10
Post-communist Democratisation in Lithuania: Elites, ...
The book is based on five assumptions: (1) democratisation in Lithuania belongs to a 'Western type¿ of democratic development; (2) elites and nationalism were the major forces in modernisation; (3) Lithuanian elites have used the ...
Diana Janušauskienė, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LITHUANIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Lithuania is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lithuania removes remaining Soviet-era statues in capital - Yahoo …
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Workers in Lithuania on Monday began dismantling the last Soviet statues in the capital, following calls prompted ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
2
Lithuania removes remaining Soviet-era statues in capital
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Workers in Lithuania have begun dismantling the last Soviet statues in the capital, following calls prompted by the ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»
3
Defense ministers of Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland to sign technical …
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of Poland Tomasz Siemoniak and Minister of National Defense of Lithuania Juozas Olekas ... «Interfax, Jul 15»
4
Ornithologists find new bird species in Lithuania :: The Baltic Course …
A new bird species to Lithuania – the Baillon's crake (porzana pusilla) was observed in Rokiskis region in north-eastern Lithuania, the ... «The Baltic Course, Jul 15»
5
Students sail to Lithuania on work experience of a lifetime
Students aged 16-17 from Hartlepool College and Manor College in Hartlepool set sail from Teesport on nine-day voyages to Klaipeda in ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
6
Effort made to return seafarers from arrested LSC vessels to Lithuania
In extremely complex financial situation faced by Lithuanian Shipping Company (LSC), the Ministry of Transport and Communications of ... «The Baltic Course, Jul 15»
7
Lithuania's Cunning Approach to Removing the Memory of Soviet Past
Subjected to years of back and forth debates about whether or not to remove the statues from the bridge following Lithuania's independence ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
8
Images: Joining forces: Bilateral training conducted in Lithuania
U.S. Army Pfc. Caleb Holloway, left, a Follett, Texas, native assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd ... «DVIDS, Jul 15»
9
Lithuania fines persons for selling energy drinks to children
VILNIUS, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people have been fined in Lithuania for selling or giving energy drinks to minors, the national police ... «GlobalPost, Jul 15»
10
Lithuania protests Russia's creeping occupation
The people of Lithuania have ventured out into the capital city in a public show of support for Georgia's territorial integrity following Russia's ... «Agenda.ge, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Lithuania [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lithuania>. Apr 2024 ».
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