Lithuanian
noun
Lith·u·a·nian
ˌli-thə-ˈwā-nē-ən 
-nyən,
chiefly British ˌlith-yü-
1
: a native or inhabitant of Lithuania
2
: the Baltic language of the Lithuanian people
Lithuanian
adjective
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It is supported by the Lithuanian Film Center, the National Film Centre of Latvia and LRT.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
That can mean paying a fee to your local public school so that your son can play on the football team, or hiring a private tutor to teach your daughter Lithuanian twice a week.
—Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
According to the Lithuanian Film Centre, since 2020, the public organisation, through its selective co-production funding scheme, has backed seven minority and four majority co-productions with the Nordics.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025
And each owner, the Pole or the Lithuanian, the Italian or the Latvian, the Puerto Rican or the African American, would likely hang their American flag out front to show that their three-family battleships were part of America’s Navy, and that the worker crews that lived there were Americans too.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Technically, Lithuanian Hall of Fame center Arvydas Sabonis was selected with the No. 77 pick, but the selection was voided because Sabonis was not yet 21 at the time of the draft.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 25 June 2025
Officials said the body of the fourth U.S. soldier was found in Lithuania after a search by hundreds of rescue workers from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Polish Armed Forces, Estonian Armed Forces and other elements of the Lithuanian government and civilian agencies.
—Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
That can mean paying a fee to your local public school so that your son can play on the football team, or hiring a private tutor to teach your daughter Lithuanian twice a week.
—Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
According to the Lithuanian Film Centre, since 2020, the public organisation, through its selective co-production funding scheme, has backed seven minority and four majority co-productions with the Nordics.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025
And each owner, the Pole or the Lithuanian, the Italian or the Latvian, the Puerto Rican or the African American, would likely hang their American flag out front to show that their three-family battleships were part of America’s Navy, and that the worker crews that lived there were Americans too.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Technically, Lithuanian Hall of Fame center Arvydas Sabonis was selected with the No. 77 pick, but the selection was voided because Sabonis was not yet 21 at the time of the draft.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 25 June 2025
Officials said the body of the fourth U.S. soldier was found in Lithuania after a search by hundreds of rescue workers from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Polish Armed Forces, Estonian Armed Forces and other elements of the Lithuanian government and civilian agencies.
—Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Lithuanian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lithuanian. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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Lithuanian
noun
Lith·u·a·nian
ˌlith-(y)ə-ˈwā-nē-ən
-nyən
1
: a person born or living in Lithuania
2
: the Baltic language of the Lithuanian people
Lithuanian
adjective
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