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Lettow

Lettow proper noun: lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe).

Proper noun

Lettow

  1. (obsolete) Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe).
    • The Citie alſo which is called Wil or Vilna, into the caſtle whereof the king of Lettow named Skirgalle fled foꝛ his ſauegard, was, by the valour of the ſayd Earle especially and of his followers, ſurpꝛiſed and taken.1599, Thomas of Walſingham, “The voyage of Henry Earle of Derbie, after Duke of Hereford, and laſtly king of England […] ”, in Richard Hakluyt, transl., The Principal Nauigations, Voyages, Traffiques...
    • […] and finally in the South parts thereof (Livonia) they vſe the Letticke speech, or of the countrey of Lettow, which the people Eureles likewise vſe, the which is as it were a hodge-podge of many ſeverall languages mingled together.1632, A Short Survey or Hiſtory of the Kingdome of Sveden […] , London: Michael Sparke, page 26

Forms of Lettow

alternative formLettowe
alternative formLittowe

Origin of Lettow

Inherited from Middle English Lettowe, borrowed from Middle Low German Lettouwen, borrowed from Old East Slavic Литъва (Litŭva), borrowed from Old Lithuanian Lietuva.

Questions about Lettow

What does Lettow mean?
Lettow means lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe).
What part of speech is Lettow?
Lettow is a proper noun.

Words near Lettow in the dictionary

  1. Lettland
  2. Letto-
  3. Letton
  4. lettor
  5. lettors
  6. Lettow
  7. Lettowe
  8. lettre
  9. lettre de cachet
  10. lettres
  11. lettres de cachet

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