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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A country of north-central Europe on the Baltic Sea. Settled perhaps as early as 1500 BC, the area was unified in the 1200s and became one of the largest states of medieval Europe. Lithuania merged with Poland in 1569 but was absorbed into Russia by three partitions of Poland (1772, 1793, and 1795). The independent country of Lithuania existed from 1918 to 1940, when it became a constituent republic of the USSR. Occupied by Germany from 1941 to 1944, it reverted to Soviet rule after World War II and was known as the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic before achieving independence in 1991. Vilnius is the capital and the largest city.
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- proper noun A country in
north-eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika ).
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- noun a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea
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A company in Lithuania is planning a vacation resort that will be staffed entirely by blondes.
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A company in Lithuania is planning a vacation resort that will be staffed entirely by blondes.
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Fourth, are you asserting that this alleged problem in Lithuania is due to same-sex marriage?
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The Hill of Crosses in Lithuania is creepy, yet sad, yet amazing.
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How he ended up in Lithuania was in itself an interesting story.
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Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara was stationed in Lithuania when Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
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Lithuania: Municipal authorities in Lithuania issued derogatory statements against LGBT people.
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Lithuania: Municipal authorities in Lithuania issued derogatory statements against LGBT people.
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The good folks of Ad Fontes in Lithuania send in this news:
News, Video and Images from Lithuania: Ad Fontes and the Usus Antiquior at Riga Cathedral 2009
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How he ended up in Lithuania was in itself an interesting story.
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