"ליטא" meaning in Hebrew

See ליטא in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: LL-Q9288_(heb)-Buffer-ליטא.wav Forms: לִיטָא [canonical], líta [romanization]
Etymology: From Yiddish ליטע (lite), from Lithuanian Lietuvà (“Lithuania”) via a Slavic language. Cognate with multiple foreign names for Lithuania, (see Litva and Литва), but the reduction to "lita" is apparently specific to Yiddish. Etymology templates: {{bor|he|yi|ליטע}} Yiddish ליטע (lite), {{der|he|lt|Lietuvà||Lithuania}} Lithuanian Lietuvà (“Lithuania”), {{der|he|sla|-}} Slavic Head templates: {{he-proper noun|g=f|tr=líta|wv=לִיטָא}} לִיטָא • (líta) f
  1. Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe) Wikipedia link: he:ליטא Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Europe, Lithuania Derived forms: לִיטָאִי, לִיטָאִית
    Sense id: en-ליטא-he-name-3Wev2d2T Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 90 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 4 4 Related terms: מְדִינוֹת באֵירוֹפָּה (m'dinót b'erópa) [countries-of-Europe, countries, geography, natural-sciences], אוֹסְטְרִיָה (óstria), אוּקְרָאִינָה (ukraína), אָזֶרְבַּיְיגָ׳ן (azerbayján), אִיטַלְיָה (itálya), אִיסלַנד (ísland), אִירְלַנְד (írland), אַלְבַּנְיָה (albánya), אַנְדּוֹרָה (andóra), אֶסְטוֹנְיָה (estónya), אַרְמֶנְיָה (arménya), בּוּלְגַּרְיָה (bulgárya), בּוֹסְנִיָּה וְהֶרְצֶגוֹבִינָה (bosniya v'hertsegovina), בֵּלָארוּס (belarús), בֶּלְגְּיָה (bélgya), גֵּאוֹרְגִיָה (geórgya), גְּרוּזְיָה (grúzya), גֶּרְמַנְיָה (germánya), דֶּנְמַרְק (dénmark), הַמַמְלָכָה הַמְאֻחֶדֶת (hamamlakhá hameukhédet), הוֹלַנְד (hóland), הָװַתִיקָן (havatikán), הָוָתִיקָן (havatikán), הוּנְגַּרְיָה (hungárya), טוּרְקְיָה (túrkya), יוון (yaván), יָוָן (yaván), לֻוקְסֶמְבּוּרְג (lúksemburg), לַטְבִיָה (látviya), לִיטָא (líta), ליכטנשטיין (líkhtenshtayn), לִיכְטֶנְשְׁטַיְן (líkhtenshtayn), מוֹלְדוֹבָה (moldóva), מוֹנָקוֹ (monáko), מוֹנְטֶנֶגְרוֹ (montenégro), מַלְטָה (málta), מָקֶדוֹנְיָה הַצְּפוֹנִית (makedónya hats'fonít), נורווגיה (norvégya), נוֹרְבֶגְיָה (norvégya), סְלוֹבֶנְיָה (slovénya), סְלוֹבַקְיָה (slovákya), סַן מָרִינוֹ (san marino), סְפָרַד (s'farád), סֶרְבְּיָה (sérbiya), פּוֹלִין (polín), פּוֹרְטוּגָל (portugál), פִינְלַנְד (fínland), צָרְפַת (tsarfát), צֶ׳כְיָה (chékhya), קָזַחְסְטָן (kazakhstán), קַפְרִיסִין (kafrisín), קְרוֹאַטְיָה (kro'átya), רוֹמַנְיָה (románya), רוּסְיָה (rúsya), שוודיה (shvédya), שְׁוֶדְיָה (shvédya), שווייץ (shváyts), שְׁוַיְץ (shváyts)
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      "word": "טוּרְקְיָה"
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    {
      "roman": "yaván",
      "word": "יוון"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yaván",
      "word": "יָוָן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lúksemburg",
      "word": "לֻוקְסֶמְבּוּרְג"
    },
    {
      "roman": "látviya",
      "word": "לַטְבִיָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "líta",
      "word": "לִיטָא"
    },
    {
      "roman": "líkhtenshtayn",
      "word": "ליכטנשטיין"
    },
    {
      "roman": "líkhtenshtayn",
      "word": "לִיכְטֶנְשְׁטַיְן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "moldóva",
      "word": "מוֹלְדוֹבָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "monáko",
      "word": "מוֹנָקוֹ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "montenégro",
      "word": "מוֹנְטֶנֶגְרוֹ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "málta",
      "word": "מַלְטָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "makedónya hats'fonít",
      "word": "מָקֶדוֹנְיָה הַצְּפוֹנִית"
    },
    {
      "roman": "norvégya",
      "word": "נורווגיה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "norvégya",
      "word": "נוֹרְבֶגְיָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "slovénya",
      "word": "סְלוֹבֶנְיָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "slovákya",
      "word": "סְלוֹבַקְיָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "san marino",
      "word": "סַן מָרִינוֹ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "s'farád",
      "word": "סְפָרַד"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sérbiya",
      "word": "סֶרְבְּיָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "polín",
      "word": "פּוֹלִין"
    },
    {
      "roman": "portugál",
      "word": "פּוֹרְטוּגָל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fínland",
      "word": "פִינְלַנְד"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsarfát",
      "word": "צָרְפַת"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chékhya",
      "word": "צֶ׳כְיָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kazakhstán",
      "word": "קָזַחְסְטָן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kafrisín",
      "word": "קַפְרִיסִין"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kro'átya",
      "word": "קְרוֹאַטְיָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "románya",
      "word": "רוֹמַנְיָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rúsya",
      "word": "רוּסְיָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shvédya",
      "word": "שוודיה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shvédya",
      "word": "שְׁוֶדְיָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shváyts",
      "word": "שווייץ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shváyts",
      "word": "שְׁוַיְץ"
    }
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        "Hebrew terms derived from Lithuanian",
        "Hebrew terms derived from Slavic languages",
        "Hebrew terms derived from Yiddish",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "he:Countries",
        "he:Countries in Europe",
        "he:Lithuania"
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        "Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)"
      ],
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          "Lithuania",
          "Lithuania#English:_Q37"
        ],
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          "Europe#English"
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        "he:ליטא"
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}

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