"Lithuania Minor" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Calque of Lithuanian Mažoji Lietuva (“Little Lithuania”) Etymology templates: {{calque|en|lt|Mažoji Lietuva||Little Lithuania}} Calque of Lithuanian Mažoji Lietuva (“Little Lithuania”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Lithuania Minor}} Lithuania Minor
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: Lithuania Minor Categories (place): Geographic and cultural areas of Europe, Places in Lithuania, Places in Poland, Places in Russia Synonyms: Prussian Lithuania Translations (Lithuania Minor): 小立陶宛 (Xiǎo Lìtáowǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), Lille Litauen (Danish), Preussisk Litauen (Danish), Väike-Leedu (Estonian), Vähä-Liettua (Finnish), მცირე ლიტვა (mcire liṭva) (Georgian), Kleinlitauen (German), Preußisch-Litauen (German), Mažoji Lietuva [Aukštaitian, feminine] (Lithuanian), Prūsų Lietuva [Aukštaitian] (Lithuanian), Litwa Mniejsza (Polish), Litwa Pruska (Polish), Lituânia Menor [feminine] (Portuguese), Малая Литва́ (Malaja Litvá) [feminine] (Russian), Mažuojė Lietova [feminine] (Samogitian)
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