Meanings
- A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania. Capital: Vilnius.
Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the sanctions, saying they amounted to "irrational retaliation" by China. "Taiwan vows to continue to do its best to assist Lithuania to counter the unreasonable and arbitrary suppression of the Chinese government," the ministry said in a statement.
2022 August 13, Yew Lun Tian, Augustas Stankevicius, Ben Blanchard, “China sanctions Lithuanian deputy minister for Taiwan visit”, in Mark Heinrich, Paul Simao, William Mallard, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2022, World
Origin
- Old LithuanianLietuva f
- Proto-Slavic*Litъva f
- Medieval LatinLīthuānia f
- EnglishLithuania
From Medieval Latin Līthuānia f, from Proto-Slavic *Litъva f, from Old Lithuanian Lietuva f; compare the Early Modern synonym Lettow (from Middle English Lettowe). It has been speculated that the name comes from the rivulet Lietauka, although archeological evidence does not corroborate this hypothesis.
More words from Medieval Latin, Proto-Slavic, Old Lithuanian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Litaue, Litoue
- Litauecountry
- Litouecountry
Arabic لِتُوَانِيَا f or لِثُوَانِيَا, لِيتُوَانِيَا
- لِتُوَانِيَا f or لِثُوَانِيَا (lituwāniyā)country
- لِيتُوَانِيَا (lītuwāniyā)country
- لِيثُوَانِيَا (līṯuwāniyā)country
Basque Lituania
- Lituaniacountry
Bengali লিথুয়ানিয়া
- লিথুয়ানিয়া (lithuẏaniẏa)country
Bulgarian Ли́тва
- Ли́тва (Lítva)country
Catalan Lituània
- Lituàniacountry
Chinese Cantonese 立陶宛
- 立陶宛 (lap⁶ tou⁴ jyun²)country
Chinese Mandarin 立陶宛
- 立陶宛 (Lìtáowǎn)country
Czech Litva
- Litvacountry
Danish Litauen
- Litauencountry
Dutch Litouwen
- Litouwencountry
Esperanto Litovio, Litovujo
- Litoviocountry
- Litovujocountry
Estonian Leedu
- Leeducountry
Finnish Liettua
- Liettuacountry
French Lituanie
- Lituaniecountry
German Litauen
- Litauencountry
Greek Λιθουανία
- Λιθουανία (Lithouanía)country
Hawaiian Lituania
- Lituaniacountry
Hebrew לִיטָא
- לִיטָא (litá)country
Hindi लिथुआनिया
- लिथुआनिया (lithuāniyā)country
Hungarian Litvánia
- Litvániacountry
Icelandic Litáen, Litháen
- Litáencountry
- Litháencountry
- Lithaugalandcountry
Indonesian Lithuania, Lituania
- Lithuaniacountry
- Lituaniacountry
Irish An Liotuáin
- An Liotuáincountry
Italian Lituania
- Lituaniacountry
Japanese リトアニア
- リトアニア (Ritoania)country
Korean 리투아니아, 리뜨바
- 리투아니아 (Rituania)country
- 리뜨바 (Ritteuba)country
Latin Lītua, Lītuānia
- Lītuacountry
- Lītuāniacountry
- Līthuāniacountry
Latvian Lietuva
- Lietuvacountry
Lithuanian Lietuva
- Lietuvacountry
Malay Lithuania
- Lithuaniacountry
Māori Rituānia
- Rituāniacountry
Norwegian Bokmål Litauen
- Litauencountry
Polish Litwa
- Litwacountry
Portuguese Lituânia
- Lituâniacountry
Punjabi ਲਿਥੁਆਨੀਆ
- ਲਿਥੁਆਨੀਆ (lithuānīā)country
Romanian Lituania, Литуания
- Lituaniacountry
- Литуания (Lituania)country
Russian Литва́
- Литва́ (Litvá)country
Slovak Litva
- Litvacountry
Spanish Lituania
- Lituaniacountry
Swedish Litauen
- Litauencountry
Tagalog Litwanya
- Litwanyacountry
Tamil லித்துவேனியா, லித்துவானியா
- லித்துவேனியா (littuvēṉiyā)country
- லித்துவானியா (littuvāṉiyā)country
Thai ลิทัวเนีย
- ลิทัวเนีย (lí-tuua-niia)country
Turkish Litvanya
- Litvanyacountry
Ukrainian Литва́
- Литва́ (Lytvá)country
Urdu لِتُھوینِیا, لِتُھوانِیا
- لِتُھوینِیا (lithueniyā)country
- لِتُھوانِیا (lithuāniyā)country
Vietnamese Lít-va
- Lít-vacountry
Welsh Lithwania, Llethaw
- Lithwaniacountry
- Llethawcountry
Yiddish ליטע
- ליטע (lite)country
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Lithuania
Cite this entry
Lithuania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lithuania
“Lithuania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lithuania. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lithuania,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lithuania.
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