Lietuva

See also: Lietuvą and Lietuvā

Latvian

Lietuva (Eiropā)
Lietuvas karogs

Etymology

From the same stem as leitis (“Lithuanian”) (q.v.): *leit-, from which also liet (“to pour”), lietus (“rain”)) (q.v.). First mentioned in Nestor's Chronicle (in Old Church Slavonic) as Литьва (Litьva), from an earlier *Lētuvā, apparently from *leit- with a suffix (perhaps +‎ -uve). Cognates include Lithuanian Lietuvà.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Lietuva f (4th declension)

  1. Lithuania (country in the Baltic region of Europe, with Vilnius as its capital)
    Lietuvas karogs ― the flag of Lithuania
    Lietuvas teritorija ― the territory of Lithuania
    Lietuva ir valsts Baltijas jūras austrumu krastā ― Lithuania is a country on the eastern coast of the Baltic sea

Declension

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “lietuvieši”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with lietus (“rain”). Cognates in other languages include Latvian Lietuva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liɛtuvɑ/

Proper noun

Lietuvà f

  1. Lithuania

Declension

See also

See also

Northern Sami

Proper noun

Lietuva

  1. Lithuania
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