Etymology

Lithuania Minor

Today it means: A historically Lithuanian-speaking ethnographic region of Eastern Europe, now politically mostly in the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia with small parts in Lithuania and Poland; now often taken to refer only to the rump portion in Lithuania. Full definition →

Lithuanian Mažoji Lietuva
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  1. Lithuanian · calque ofMažoji Lietuva“Little Lithuania”
  2. English todayLithuania Minor

Calque of Lithuanian Mažoji Lietuva (“Little Lithuania”)

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