Lithuania Minor

Lithuania Minor is a region in the west of , historically part of Prussia. It's bordered to the east by Samogitia, to the southeast by Sūduva, to the south by the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast, and to the west by the Baltic Sea.
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is a city in Lithuania Minor, the narrow northwest coastal region of Lithuania.

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is a resort town in Lithuania Minor on the…

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is a seaside resort town in Lithuania Minor, with a permanent population of about 720.

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Places to explore: Šilutė.

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is a town in Lithuania Minor, near the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast.

Lithuania Minor

  • Type: cultural region
  • Description: ethnographic region in Lithuania, Russia and Poland
  • Also known as: “Kleinlitauen”, “Litovio Minora”, “Lituanie Mineure”, “Litwa Pruska”, “M. Lietuva”, “Malaja Litva”, “Malgranda Litovio”, “Máлая Литвá”, “Memellando”, “Piccola Lituania”, “Porosz Litvánia”, “Preußisch-Litauen”, “Preussisk Litauen”, “Prøyssisk Litauen”, “Pruska Litva”, “Prūsų Lietuva”, “Vetlelitauen”, “Литва Малая”, “Пруская Летува”, “Прусская Литва”, “Прусська Литва”, and “リトアニア・マイナー”
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
55.332° or 55° 19′ 55″ north
Longitude of center
21.616° or 21° 36′ 58″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q513381
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Venetian—“Lithuania Minor” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Lituania e Vogël”
  • Arabic: “ليتوانيا الصغرى”
  • Aragonese: “Lituania Menor”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kiçik Litva”
  • Belarusian: “Малая Летува”
  • Belarusian: “Малая Літва”
  • Catalan: “Lituània Menor”
  • Chinese: “小立陶宛”
  • Czech: “Malá Litva”
  • Danish: “Lille Litauen”
  • Dutch: “Klein-Litouwen”
  • Eastern Mari: “Изи Литва”
  • Esperanto: “Eta Litovio”
  • Estonian: “Väike-Leedu”
  • Finnish: “Vähä-Liettua”
  • French: “Petite Lituanie”
  • Georgian: “მცირე ლიტვა”
  • German: “Mažoji Lietuva”
  • German: “Preussisch Litauen”
  • German: “Preußisch Litauen”
  • Greek: “Ελάσσων Λιθουανία”
  • Hebrew: “ליטא הקטנה”
  • Hungarian: “Kis-Litvánia”
  • Indonesian: “Lithuania Minor”
  • Italian: “Lituania minore”
  • Italian: “Lituania Minore”
  • Japanese: “小リトアニア”
  • Korean: “소리투아니아”
  • Latvian: “Mazā Lietuva”
  • Lithuanian: “Mažoji Lietuva”
  • Low German: “Mažoji Lietuva”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Mała Litawska”
  • Macedonian: “Мала Литванија”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lillelitauen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Litlelitauen”
  • Norwegian: “Lillelitauen”
  • Ossetian: “Чысыл Литва”
  • Persian: “لیتوانی صغیر”
  • Polish: “Litwa Mniejsza”
  • Polish: “Mała Litwa”
  • Portuguese: “Lituânia Menor”
  • Russian: “Малая Литва”
  • Samogitian: “Mažuojė Lietova”
  • Slovak: “Malá Litva”
  • Slovenian: “Mala Litva”
  • Spanish: “Lituania Menor”
  • Swedish: “Lilla Litauen”
  • Tatar: “Кече Литва”
  • Turkish: “Küçük Litvanya”
  • Ukrainian: “Мала Литва”
  • Urdu: “لتھووینیا اصغر”
  • Venetian: “Lituània menor”

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