native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 1 million speakers elsewhere. Around half a million inhabitants of Lithuania of non-Lithuanian background...
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Lithuania (/ˌlɪθjuˈeɪniə/ LITH-ew-AY-nee-ə; Lithuanian: Lietuva [lʲiətʊˈvɐ]), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika [lʲiətʊˈvoːs...
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Lithuanian mythology (Lithuanian: Lietuvių mitologija) is the mythology of Lithuanian polytheism, the religion of pre-Christian Lithuanians. Like other...
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as Lithuanian and Latvian, and more distantly related to Slavic. Compare the words for 'land': Old Prussian semmē [zemē], Latvian: zeme, Lithuanian: žemė...
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rise of the Lithuanian nobility. After Vytautas's death, Lithuania's relationship with the Kingdom of Poland greatly deteriorated. Lithuanian noblemen,...
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the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil and Canada. Their native language is Lithuanian, one...
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karalius Vytautas (in Lithuanian) 15min. Petrauskas, R. Lietuvos karalystė [Kingdom of Lithuania]. (in Lithuanian). Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia. Lietuvos...
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what Lithuania's coat of arms was initially called. The origins of the Lithuanian proper noun Vytis are also unclear. At the dawn of the Lithuanian National...
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Lithuanian Americans (Lithuanian: Amerikos lietuviai) refers to American citizens and residents who are Lithuanian and were born in Lithuania, or are...
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the Old (Polish: Zygmunt I Stary, Lithuanian: Žygimantas II Senasis; 1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from...
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codification of all the legislation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and its successor, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Statutes consist of three legal...
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there is no accepted list of Lithuanian gods. Different authors present wildly contradictory reconstructions of the Lithuanian pantheon. This section includes...
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Dievas (redirect from Dievas (Lithuanian god))
Lithuanian Dievas, Latvian Dievs and Debestēvs ("Sky-Father"), Latgalian Dīvs, Old Prussian Diews, Yotvingian Deivas was the primordial supreme god in...
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the country's history formed Lithuanian cuisine.[citation needed] German traditions have had an influence on Lithuanian cuisine, introducing pork and...
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against the Lithuanian people, Lithuania or Lithuanian culture. It may also include persecution, oppression or expulsion of Lithuanians as an ethnic...
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possesses the largest Lithuanian community outside Lithuania, who have dubbed the city as Little Lithuania, and many Lithuanian Americans refer to it...
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highest figures. Lithuanian Green Party 1.4% Lithuanian Green Party 1.3% Lithuanian Green Party 4.05%, Coalition of Peace (Lithuanian Christian Democracy...
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The Nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania or the Szlachta of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuanian: bajorija, šlėkta, Polish: szlachta Wielkiego...
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The princely houses of Poland and Lithuania differed from other princely houses in Europe. The Polish and Lithuanian nobility (szlachta) could not be granted...
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Ruthenian language (redirect from Old Ruthenian language (Lithuania))
15th to 18th centuries in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in East Slavic regions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Regional distribution of those...
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of the Grand Duchy's documents, the Lithuanian Metrica, the Lithuanian Chronicles and the Statutes of Lithuania, were all written in that language. German...
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Vilnius (redirect from Vilna, Lithuania)
(/ˈvɪlniəs/ VIL-nee-əs, Lithuanian: [ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs] ), previously known in English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the second-most-populous...
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descendants are the present-day Lithuanian and Latvian nations and the former Old Prussians. The name of Lithuania – Lithuanians – was first mentioned in 1009...
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Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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The Old Town of Vilnius (Lithuanian: Vilniaus senamiestis), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, has an area of 3.59 square...
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Title: King of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos karalius). Dates are approximate because of scant written sources. Title: Grand Duke (Lithuanian: didysis kunigaikštis;...
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Lipka Tatars (redirect from Lithuanian Tatars)
Lipka refers to Lithuania; they are otherwise known as Lipkas or Lithuanian Tatars; later referred to as Polish Tatars, Polish–Lithuanian Tatars, Belarusian...
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Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast (redirect from Tilsit, Lithuania)
Knights, and thus was located within the Polish–Lithuanian union, later elevated to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the winter of 1678–1679, during...
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Lithuanian Brazilians (Portuguese: Lituano-brasileiros, Lithuanian: Brazilijos lietuviai) are Brazilian citizens who are fully, partially or predominantly...
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culture of Lithuania, dating back to 200 BC, with the settlement of the Balts and has been independent of the presence of a sovereign Lithuanian state. The...
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