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# lithuanian

«lithuanian» in Mova's school dictionary: **from Lithuania, a country on the Baltic Sea in north-east…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Lithuanian); noun (a Lithuanian, Lithuanians; Lithuanian — the language)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lithuanian means from Lithuania, a country on the Baltic Sea in north-east Europe, or to do with its people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/#m1)

2) Lithuanian is the language spoken in Lithuania. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/#m2)

3) A Lithuanian is a person from Lithuania. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, Lithuania is one of the three Baltic states, with Latvia and Estonia; its capital is Vilnius. Lithuanian is famous as a very old-style language in the Indo-European family. Many Lithuanian families live in the UK and Ireland, so children meet classmates who speak it.

### examples

- My classmate is Lithuanian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/#x1)
- Lithuanian is spoken in Vilnius. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/#x2)
- She speaks Lithuanian at home and English at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/#x3)
- The Lithuanian flag is yellow, green and red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/#x4)
- Lithuanians love basketball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/#x5)
- Lithuanian is one of the oldest-sounding languages in Europe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/#x6)
- We learnt to say «labas» — «hello» in Lithuanian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/#x7)
- THE THREE PRINCES AND THEIR BEASTS (LITHUANIAN FAIRY TALE) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/#x8)

### note

Always a capital L: Lithuanian, Lithuania. Pronounced «lith-yoo-AY-nee-un». It is not a Slavic language, though Lithuania is near Poland; it is a Baltic language, like Latvian.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lithuanian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.