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Lithuanianize
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English
Etymology
From en Lithuanian ize.
Verb
To make or become Lithuanian.
en 2013 Aldis Purs Baltic Facades: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since 1945 Reaktion Books 9781861899323 53 By the autumn of 1940, however, Lithuanian nationalists' attempts to Lithuanianize the city in the winter of 1939 and spring of 1940 were rapidly replaced
en 2014 Violeta Davoliūtė The Making and Breaking of Soviet Lithuania: Memory and Modernity in the Wake of War Routledge 9781134693580 Meanwhile, the Lithuanians implemented an intense campaign to Lithuanianize the city and the surrounding region.
en 2015 Alfonsas Eidintas Antanas Smetona and His Lithuania: From the National Liberation Movement to an Authoritarian Regime (1893-1940) BRILL 9789004302044 41 Jakštas, thinking of Kaunas's advantages, categorically asserted that only a miracle could Lithuanianize Vilnius and he did not believe in miracles – God should simply permit a strong Lithuanian colony to form itself in Vilnius.
Derived terms
en Lithuanianization