LITHUANIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lithuanian mean? 

• LITHUANIAN (noun)
  The noun LITHUANIAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Lithuania

2. the official language of Lithuania; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European

  Familiarity information: LITHUANIAN used as a noun is rare.

• LITHUANIAN (adjective)
  The adjective LITHUANIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Lithuania or its people or language

  Familiarity information: LITHUANIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITHUANIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Lithuania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Lithuanian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Lithuanian" is a member of...):

Lietuva; Lithuania; Republic of Lithuania (a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The official language of Lithuania; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Lithuanian" is a kind of...):

Baltic; Baltic language (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European)

Derivation:

Lithuanian (of or relating to or characteristic of Lithuania or its people or language)

• LITHUANIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Lithuania or its people or language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Lithuania (a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea)

Derivation:

Lithuania (a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea)

Lithuanian (the official language of Lithuania; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European)

 Context examples 

Then he would pass through the land of the Almains and the great Roman Empire, and so to the country of the Huns and of the Lithuanian pagans, beyond which lies the great city of Constantine and the kingdom of the unclean followers of Mahmoud.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)