Behind the Name: Lithuanian Submitted Place Names

Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

ISLANDIJA (Country) Lithuanian
Means Iceland in Lithuanian.

JAPONIJA (Country) Lithuanian
Means Japan in Lithuanian.

LIETUVA (Country) Lithuanian, Latvian, Sami
Of unknown origin. It's possibly derived form Lithuanian lietus "rain".

MALTA (Country) English, Basque, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Galician, German, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Turkmen, West Frisian
Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta, is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.... [more]

STUNGAIČIAI (Settlement) Lithuanian
Stungaičiai is located in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė county, Lithuania.

VILNIUS (Settlement) Lithuanian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Faroese, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovak, Swedish
Capital of Lithuania. Named after the Vilnia River whose name is derived from Lithuanian vilnis "wave".

VOKIETIJA (Country) Lithuanian
Means Germany in Lithuanian.

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