Lithuanian
Baltic Sea European
Lithuanian refers to the people, language, or culture of Lithuania, a Baltic nation on the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea.
The Lithuanian language is notably archaic among living Indo-European languages, preserving features lost in most modern tongues.
As a noun, a Lithuanian is a person from Lithuania or of Lithuanian descent: My grandmother was Lithuanian.
Lithuania's governmental seat
- Baltic SeaNorthern European inland sea
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
- lakesLarge inland water bodies
- forestsDensely treed land areas
Team sport with hoops
- folk songsInherited communal music
- linenFlax-derived textile
- amber jewelryOrnaments of fossilized tree resin
- paganismNon-monotheistic religious practice
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
Chicago · Cleveland · traditions · folklore · customs · lineage · identity · community
Person from Riga's country
- PrussianFrom a former Baltic kingdom
- Indo-EuropeanVast language family
- inflectionWord form alteration
- declensionNoun form variation
diacritics · grammar · cases · genitive · locative · archaic · Sanskrit · proto-language
Association of sovereign states
- independenceFreedom from external control
- deportationsForced removal from country
- partisansStaunch factional supporters
- 1990Final decade's start
Vilnius
Lithuania's governmental seat
- Baltic SeaNorthern European inland sea
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
- lakesLarge inland water bodies
basketball
Team sport with hoops
- folk songsInherited communal music
- linenFlax-derived textile
- amber jewelryOrnaments of fossilized tree resin
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
emigration · Chicago · Cleveland · traditions · folklore · customs · lineage · identity · community · homeland
Latvian
Person from Riga's country
- PrussianFrom a former Baltic kingdom
- Indo-EuropeanVast language family
- inflectionWord form alteration
declension · diacritics · grammar · cases · genitive · locative · archaic · Sanskrit · proto-language
Commonwealth
Association of sovereign states
- independenceFreedom from external control
- deportationsForced removal from country
- partisansStaunch factional supporters
1990 · Soviet occupation · Teutonic Knights · Christianization
- Eurasian LanguagesTurkish, Mongolian, Korean, Japanese, Kazakh
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- Indo-European LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Spanish, Italian
- European peoplesGermans, Italians, Greeks, French, Poles
- EuropeansAustrian, Belgian, Brit, Briton, Bulgarian
- BalticsBaltic States, Latvia, Riga, Tallinn, Baltic Sea
- Lithuanian capitalLithuania's governmental seat