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Eugenija Ulèinaitë<br />

EXPLANATIONS OF THE NAME LITHUANIA IN THE<br />

WRITINGS OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES<br />

Summary<br />

The article deals with the Latin tradition of the name Lithuania since its first attestation<br />

in the Annales Quedlinburgenses (1009): Lituae, Letthowie, Lettonia, Litwania etc. The discussion<br />

is based on the 16th–17th century “theories” according to which the name of Lithuania<br />

was said to be derived from such Latin words as litus ‘sea-shore, bank’, lituus ‘horn, bugle’<br />

or as the result of a sound change Italia>l’Italia>Lituania. In the spelling Lithuania (the letters<br />

instead of ) the influence of the Greek orthography is also observed.<br />

E UGENIJA ULÈINAITË Gauta 2000 m. kovo 24 d.<br />

Klasikinës filologijos katedra Priimta 2000 m. geguþës 4 d.<br />

Vilniaus universitetas<br />

Universiteto g. 5<br />

LT-2734, Vilnius, Lietuva<br />

60 Archivum Lithuanicum 2

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