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Samogitia

/ˌsa.mə(ʊ)ˈɡiː.ʃə/US/ˌsæ.moʊˈɡi.ʃə/

Samogitia proper noun: an ethnographic region of Lithuania, located in the north-west of the country.

Proper noun

Samogitia

  1. An ethnographic region of Lithuania, located in the north-west of the country.

Origin of Samogitia

From Latin Samogetia, Samogitia (“Žemaitija”), from German Sameiten, Sameythen (“Žemaitija”), from Lithuanian Žemaitija (“lowland”). "g" was introduced to Latin and later German translations due to the usage of the letter "g" to denote "j" in Medieval writing. Sometimes connected with the (etymologically unrelated) name Getae, Ancient Greek Γέτης (Gétēs, “ancient Dacian tribe”).

Words formed from Samogitia

Questions about Samogitia

What does Samogitia mean?
Samogitia means an ethnographic region of Lithuania, located in the north-west of the country.
What part of speech is Samogitia?
Samogitia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Samogitia?
Samogitia is pronounced /ˌsa.mə(ʊ)ˈɡiː.ʃə/ (UK).

Words near Samogitia in the dictionary

  1. Samoan time
  2. Samoanness
  3. Samoans
  4. Samoas
  5. Samobor
  6. Samogitia
  7. Samogitian
  8. Samogitians
  9. samogon
  10. samogonka
  11. Samoic

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