Meanings
- An ethnographic region of Lithuania, located in the north-west of the country.
Origin
- LithuanianŽemaitija“lowland”
- GermanSameiten
- LatinSamogetia
- EnglishSamogitia
From Latin Samogetia, Samogitia (“Žemaitija”), from German Sameiten, Sameythen (“Žemaitija”), from Lithuanian Žemaitija (“lowland”). "g" was introduced to Latin and later German translations due to the usage of the letter "g" to denote "j" in Medieval writing. Sometimes connected with the (etymologically unrelated) name Getae, Ancient Greek Γέτης (Gétēs, “ancient Dacian tribe”).
More words from Latin, German, Lithuanian
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Bulgarian Жемайтия
- Жемайтия (Žemajtija)Samogitia
Catalan Samogítia
- SamogítiaSamogitia
Czech Žmuď, Žemaitsko
- ŽmuďSamogitia
- ŽemaitskoSamogitia
Danish Samogitien
- SamogitienSamogitia
Dutch Samogitië
- SamogitiëSamogitia
Esperanto Ĵemajtio
- ĴemajtioSamogitia
Finnish Samogitia
- SamogitiaSamogitia
French Samogitie
- SamogitieSamogitia
German Samogitien, Schamaiten
- SamogitienSamogitia
- SchamaitenSamogitia
Greek Σαμογιτία
- Σαμογιτία (Samogitía)Samogitia
Hungarian Szamogitia
- SzamogitiaSamogitia
Italian Samogizia
- SamogiziaSamogitia
Japanese ジェマイティヤ
- ジェマイティヤ (jemaitiya)Samogitia
Korean 사모기티아
- 사모기티아 (samogitia)Samogitia
Latvian Žemaitija
- ŽemaitijaSamogitia
Lithuanian Žemaitija
- ŽemaitijaSamogitia
Norwegian Bokmål Samogitia
- SamogitiaSamogitia
Polish Żmudź
- ŻmudźSamogitia
Portuguese Samogícia
- SamogíciaSamogitia
Romanian Samogitia
- SamogitiaSamogitia
Russian Жемайтия
- Жемайтия (Žemajtija)Samogitia
Slovak Žmuď
- ŽmuďSamogitia
Spanish Samogitia
- SamogitiaSamogitia
Swedish Samogitien
- SamogitienSamogitia
Ukrainian Жмудь, Жема́йтія
- Жмудь (Žmudʹ)Samogitia
- Жема́йтія (Žemájtija)Samogitia
Yiddish זאַמעט
- זאַמעט (zamet)Samogitia
Cite this entry
Samogitia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Samogitia
“Samogitia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Samogitia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Samogitia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Samogitia.
Source: Samogitia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.