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Lithuanian

noun

A native or inhabitant of Lithuania.

The official language of Lithuania; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European.

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"Lithuanian" Quotes from Famous Books

... from Northern Russia may be judged by the conspectus of his lectures written in 1832. He says in it, speaking of the conquest of Southern Russia in the fourteenth century by Prince Guedimin at the head of his Lithuanian host, still dressed in the skins of wild beasts, still worshipping the ancient fire and practising pagan rites: "Then Southern Russia, under the mighty protection of Lithuanian princes, completely separated ...

— Taras Bulba and Other Tales • Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

... to say a pro-Cossack, and suffered in consequence. At the time of his proclamation as King of Poland, November, 1649, Poland was threatened by an incursion of Cossacks. The immediate cause was, or was supposed to be, the ill treatment which [Bogdan Khmelnitzky] a Lithuanian had received at the hands of the Polish governor, Czaplinski. The governor, it was alleged, had carried off, ravished, and put to death Khmelnitzky's wife, and, not content with this outrage, had set ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 • Lord Byron

Words linked to "Lithuanian" : Lithuania, Republic of Lithuania, Baltic language, European, Baltic, Lietuva