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LITHUANIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea
Synonyms:
Lietuva; Lithuania; Republic of Lithuania
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Baltic Republic; Baltic State (European countries bordering the Baltic Sea)
Meronyms (parts of "Lithuania"):
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)
Meronyms (members of "Lithuania"):
Lithuanian (a native or inhabitant of Lithuania)
Derivation:
Lithuanian (of or relating to or characteristic of Lithuania or its people or language)