Lithuanian
Americanadjective
noun
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Lithuanians
plural
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a native or inhabitant of Lithuania.
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a Baltic language, the official language of Lithuania. Lith, Lith.
adjective
noun
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the official language of Lithuania: belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family
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a native or inhabitant of Lithuania
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Lithuanian
First recorded in 1600–10; Lithuani(a) ( def. ) + -an
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His Vilnius-based ally Tyutrin, 45, told AFP the Lithuanian authorities had warned him two weeks ago to "leave my home urgently and get rid of my car."
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Russia conceded autonomy to Estonia and Ukraine, while Germany accelerated plans to found a Lithuanian state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
German troops invaded Lithuania in the 1940s and are now back on Lithuanian soil, this time by invitation, to bolster that country's defences against the threat from the east.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Nato fighter pilots have shot down a drone that entered Lithuania's airspace overnight, the Lithuanian president said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
I longed to speak Lithuanian instead of German.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
The nascent Polish state found itself embroiled in localized wars with Germans, Lithuanians and Ukrainians alongside a grander struggle against the Soviets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Lithuanian prosecutors launched a human trafficking investigation on Tuesday after prominent Lithuanians were named in the files.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026
Hundreds of Lithuanians thundered the patriotic anthem of national independence, which had been banned by the 1940 nonaggression pact between Hitler and Stalin, a deal that, in effect, condoned the Soviet seizure of Lithuania.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
But Ukrainians and Lithuanians were wary of Polish claims on their territories, and Pilsudski’s vision of an anti-Russian alliance never became reality.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
Kaztauskis met up with other Lithuanians who said they had come to the shapeup every morning for three weeks.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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