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Lithuania
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Lithuania
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a republic in NE Europe, on the Baltic Sea: a grand duchy in medieval times; united with Poland in 1569; occupied by Russia in 1795 and by Germany during World War I; independent Lithuania formed in 1918, but occupied by Soviet troops in 1919 and then by Poland; became a Soviet republic in 1940; unilaterally declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1990; recognized as independent in 1991; joined the EU in 2004. Official language: Lithuanian. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Vilnius. Pop: 2 890 297 (2017 est). Area: 65 200 sq km (25 174 sq miles)
. Also called: Lithuanian Republic. Lithuanian name: LietuvaCollins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Lithuania
see synonyms of lithuania country in N Europe, on the Baltic Sea: from 1940 to 1991 it was a republic of the
U.S.S.R.: 25,170 sq mi (65,190 sq km); pop. 3,675,000; cap. Vilnius
formerly, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist RepublicWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Lithuania
see synonyms of lithuania 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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