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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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    From Lithuania + -an.

    Pronunciation

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    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌlɪθ.juˈeɪ.ni.ən/, /ˌlɪð.juˈeɪ.ni.ən/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˌlɪθ.uˈeɪ.ni.ən/, /lɪθˈweɪ.ni.ən/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -eɪniən

    Adjective

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    Lithuanian (comparative more Lithuanian, superlative most Lithuanian)

    1. Of or relating to Lithuania.

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    Noun

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    English Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia

    Lithuanian (countable and uncountable, plural Lithuanians)

    1. (uncountable) The main language of Lithuania.
    2. (countable) A person living in or coming from Lithuania.
      • 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 349:
        (Thus Engels expected Austria-Hungary to swallow up the small Balkan countries; Poland, as a historical nation, should, he thought, be restored and include in its dominion the less developed peoples to the east-Lithuanians, White Russians, and Ukrainians.)

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    Further reading

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    Lithuanian edition of Wiktionary