lietuva
geographical name(Lith-u-a-nia)
country in north central Europe bordering on the Baltic Sea; remnant of a medieval principality extending from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea; a republic 1918—40, a constituent republic (the Lithuanian Republic) of the U.S.S.R. 1940—91; capital Vilnius area 25,212 square miles (65,300 square kilometers), population 2,793,000