Lithuanian

[ lith-oo-ey-nee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Lithuania, its inhabitants, or their language.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Lithuania.
2. a Baltic language, the official language of Lithuania. : Lith, Lith.

Lithuanian

/ ˌlɪθjʊˈeɪnɪən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Lithuania, its people, or their language

noun

1. the official language of Lithuania: belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family
2. a native or inhabitant of Lithuania

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lithuanian¹

First recorded in 1600–10; Lithuani(a) ( def ) + -an

Example Sentences

Two days later, an obscure Lithuanian website reported that one of the companies linked to Roldugin had received $800,000 from an account at a Lithuanian bank.

From Time

The countries instating the SWIFT ban are in discussions about expanding the sanctions to more financial institutions in Russia, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said at a Wednesday news conference.

From Time

From a winter getaway in Bali with her family, the Lithuanian watched the news last week with impending gloom.

From Time

Last November, Taiwan opened a de facto embassy in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius using its own name.

From Quartz

The Lithuanian photojournalist is co-organizer of the Afghan Support Group, one of many volunteer initiatives trying by any means possible to help evacuate vulnerable Afghans in the wake of the Taliban takeover.

From MIT Technology Review

In 2013, he was honored with the Lithuanian National Prize for his contribution to the arts.

From The Daily Beast

Lithuanian authorities are trying to extradite him for allegedly looting their collapsed bank Snoras, which he denies.

From The Daily Beast

As I write, Lithuanian politics are convulsed by allegations of vote buying by one of its political parties.

From The Daily Beast

The Jewish communities north of the Carpathian mountains had been founded within the old Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.

From The Daily Beast

Their questions I answered in my Lithuanian dialect, at which they began to laugh, and make merry at my expense.

From Project Gutenberg

And in the Lithuanian story we have cited the laumes straightway falls sick and dies.

From Project Gutenberg

On the Lithuanian coast of the Baltic substantially the same tale is told with more humour.

From Project Gutenberg

He has also written many stories taken from the life of the Lithuanian Jews.

From Project Gutenberg

Sosie is about to marry her sister to a Lithuanian Jew, a cloak-maker, who is already married to another woman.

From Project Gutenberg