Lithuania Minor

English

Ethnographic regions of Lithuania.

██ Lithuania Minor ██ Samogitia ██ Aukštaitija

██ Suvalkija ██ Dzūkija

Etymology

Calque of Lithuanian Mažoji Lietuva (“Little Lithuania”)

Proper noun

Lithuania Minor

2. A historically Lithuanian-speaking ethnographic region of Eastern Europe, now politically mostly in the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia with small parts in Lithuania and Poland; now often taken to refer only to the rump portion in Lithuania.

   Synonym: Prussian Lithuania

Translations

Lithuania Minor

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小立陶宛 (Xiǎo Lìtáowǎn)

• Danish: Lille Litauen, Preussisk Litauen
• Estonian: Väike-Leedu
• Finnish: Vähä-Liettua
• Georgian: მცირე ლიტვა (mcire liṭva)
• German: Kleinlitauen, Preußisch-Litauen
• Lithuanian:

  Aukštaitian: Mažoji Lietuva (lt) f, Prūsų Lietuva

  Samogitian: Mažuojė Lietova f

• Polish: Litwa Mniejsza (pl), Litwa Pruska (pl)
• Portuguese: Lituânia Menor f
• Russian: Малая Литва́ f (Malaja Litvá)