Lithuania

/ˌlɪθ.juˈeɪ.ni.ə/

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British/ˌlɪθjʉwɛjnɪjə/

Lithuania proper noun: a country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania. Capital: Vilnius.

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Proper noun

Lithuania

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania. Capital: Vilnius.
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Lithuania meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Lithuania in Tamil

country: லித்துவேனியா littuvēṉiyā, லித்துவானியா littuvāṉiyā

Lithuania in Urdu

country: لِتُھوینِیا lithueniyā, لِتُھوانِیا lithuāniyā

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Lithuania in Bengali: লিথুয়ানিয়া lithuẏaniẏa
Lithuania in Telugu: లిథువేనియా lithuvēniyā
Lithuania in Malayalam: ലിത്വാനിയ litvāniya
Lithuania in Kannada: ಲಿಥುವೇನಿಯ lithuvēniya
Lithuania in Punjabi: ਲਿਥੁਆਨੀਆ lithuānīā
Lithuania in Gujarati: લિથુઆનિયા lithuāniyā
Lithuania in Odia: ଲିଥୁଆନିଆ lithuāniā
Lithuania in Sinhala: ලිතුවේනියාව lituwēniyāwa
Lithuania in Assamese: লিথুৱেনিয়া lithuenia
Lithuania in Nepali: लिथुआनिया lithuāniyā
Lithuania in Pashto: ليتوانيا litwānyā, لتوانيا letwānyā
Lithuania in Tagalog: Litwanya
Lithuania in Arabic: لِتُوَانِيَا f or لِثُوَانِيَا lituwāniyā, لِيتُوَانِيَا lītuwāniyā, لِيثُوَانِيَا līṯuwāniyā
Lithuania in Malay: Lithuania
Lithuania in Indonesian: Lithuania, Lituania
Lithuania in Thai: ลิทัวเนีย lí-tuua-niia
Lithuania in Vietnamese: Lít-va
Lithuania in Myanmar: လစ်သူယေးနီးယား lacsuye:ni:ya:
Dhivehi: ލިތުއޭނިއާ lituēniā
Dzongkha: ལི་ཐུ་ནི་ཡ། li thu ni ya

Origin of Lithuania

From Medieval Latin Līthuānia f, from Proto-Slavic *Litъva f, from Old Lithuanian Lietuva f; compare the Early Modern synonym Lettow (from Middle English Lettowe). It has been speculated that the name comes from the rivulet Lietauka, although archeological evidence does not corroborate this hypothesis.

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Phrases with Lithuania

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Questions about Lithuania

What does Lithuania mean?: Lithuania means a country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania. Capital: Vilnius.
What is Lithuania in Hindi?: Lithuania in Hindi is लिथुआनिया (lithuāniyā). See Lithuania meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Lithuania?: Lithuania is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Lithuania?: Lithuania is pronounced /ˌlɪθ.juˈeɪ.ni.ə/ (UK).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lithuania (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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