Litwanya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Lituania (“Lithuania”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /litˈwanja/ [lɪt̪ˈwaː.ɲɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /litˈwanja/ [lɪt̪ˈwan̪.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -anja
  • Syllabification: Lit‧wan‧ya

Proper noun

Litwanya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜏᜈ᜔ᜌ)

  1. Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)
    • 1998, Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Bahaghari't bulalakaw: katipunan ng mga sanaysay at mga pag-aaral [Rainbow and Meteor: collection of essays and studies]:
      Ang Rusyang Sobyet ay langaw ring nangitlog sa Pinlandiya, sa Besarabya at sa tatlong bayang Baltiko: Litwanya, Latbia, at Estonya.
      The Soviet Russia was also a fly that laid its eggs in Finland, Bessarabia and in the three Baltic States: Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
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