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Lithuanian

[ lith-oo-ey-nee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Lithuania, its inhabitants, or their language.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Lithuania.
  2. a Baltic language, the official language of Lithuania. : Lith, Lith.

Lithuanian

/ ˌlɪθjʊˈeɪnɪən /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Lithuania, its people, or their language


noun

  1. the official language of Lithuania: belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family
  2. a native or inhabitant of Lithuania

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lithuanian1

First recorded in 1600–10; Lithuani(a) ( def ) + -an

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Example Sentences

In 2013, he was honored with the Lithuanian National Prize for his contribution to the arts.

Lithuanian authorities are trying to extradite him for allegedly looting their collapsed bank Snoras, which he denies.

As I write, Lithuanian politics are convulsed by allegations of vote buying by one of its political parties.

The Jewish communities north of the Carpathian mountains had been founded within the old Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.

Their questions I answered in my Lithuanian dialect, at which they began to laugh, and make merry at my expense.

And in the Lithuanian story we have cited the laumes straightway falls sick and dies.

On the Lithuanian coast of the Baltic substantially the same tale is told with more humour.

He has also written many stories taken from the life of the Lithuanian Jews.

Sosie is about to marry her sister to a Lithuanian Jew, a cloak-maker, who is already married to another woman.

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