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Lettowe

Lettowe is the alternative form of Lettow.

Meaning of Lettow

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...

Questions about Lettowe

What is Lettowe the alternative form of?
Lettowe is the alternative form of Lettow.

Words near Lettowe in the dictionary

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

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