Definition of lithuania Lithuania

/lɪˌθʌwejˈniʌ/ - [lithuweyneeu] - Lith•u•a•ni•a

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What does lithuania mean?

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lithuania - a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea
		Republic of Lithuania, Lietuva
		klaipeda, memel a city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League
		capital of lithuania, vilna, vilnius, vilno, wilno the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania
		kaunas, kovna, kovno a city in central Lithuania

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lithuania
A baltic European country with a northern border with Latvia, eastern border with Belarus, southern border with Poland, southwestern border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, and western border with the Baltic Sea.

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Lithuania is a country in northern Europe on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania is a member of the European Union, NATO, and several other organizations.

Vilnius is the capital and largest city. About 3,500,000 people live there. The official language is Lithuanian which is spoken by more than 82% of the people.

The colors of the Lithuanian flag are yellow (at the top), for the sun, green (in the middle), for the fields, and red (at the bottom), for the blood of Lithuanians fighting for its independence.

History.

Lithuania began to turn into a country in the 7th–9th centuries from Baltic nations group. The Baltics, the ancestors of Lithuanians and Latvians, came to area between Nemunas, Daugava rivers and the Baltic sea, from a supposed original homeland of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. Many scientists think they came there sometime in the 3rd millennium BC.

The traditional date of the beginning of the country is 1236 when the Battle of Šiauliai (Battle of Sun) took place and was won by the Lithuanians.

Lithuania (at that time - The Grand Duchy of Lithuania) had made a Treaty with Poland in 1569. The country was taken over by the Russian Empire in 1795. It got back its independence on the February 16, 1918. It was taken over by Germany from 1941-1944 and then the Soviet Union from 1944-1990. Lithuania re-declared its independence on March 11, 1990. Currently Lithuania is an independent, semi-presidential, democratic republic.

Politics.

Lithuania has been a member of N