Samogitia

English Etymology From en la Samogetia, la Samogitia Žemaitija, from en de Sameiten, de Sameythen Žemaitija, from en lt Žemaitija lowland. "g" was introduced to Latin and later German translations due to the usage of the letter "g" to denote "j" in Medieval writing. Sometimes connected with the (etymologically unrelated) name en Getae, grc Γέτης ancient Dacian tribe. Pronunciation en /ˌsa.mə(ʊ)ˈɡiː.ʃə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Samogitia.wav Southern England en /ˌsæ.moʊˈɡi.ʃə/ /ˌsæ.məˈɡi.ʃə/ GA Proper noun en Q111362en An <<ethnographic region>> of <<c/Lithuania>>, located in the north-west of the country. Derived terms en Samogitian Translations Samogitia Armenian: hy Ժեմայտիա Belarusian: be Жамо́йць f, be Жамойць, ці часам Жмудзь f Жмудзь Bulgarian: bg Жемайтия f Catalan: ca Samogítia f Czech: cs Žmuď f, cs Žemaitsko n Danish: da Samogitien Dutch: nl Samogitië f Esperanto: eo Ĵemajtio Finnish: fi Samogitia French: fr Samogitie f Georgian: ka ჟემაიტია German: de Samogitien f, de Schamaiten f Greek: el Σαμογιτία f Hungarian: hu Szamogitia Italian: it Samogizia f Japanese: ja ジェマイティヤ jemaitiya Korean: ko 사모기티아 Latvian: lv Žemaitija f Lithuanian: Aukštaitian: lt Žemaitija f Samogitian: sgs Žemaitėjė f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Samogitia f Nynorsk: nn Samogitia f Polish: pl Żmudź f Portuguese: pt Samogícia f Romanian: ro Samogitia Russian: ru Жемайтия f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Жемајтија f Latin: sh Žemajtija f Slovak: sk Žmuď f Slovene: sl Samogitija f Spanish: es Samogitia f Swedish: sv Samogitien Ukrainian: uk Жмудь, Жемайтія m Жмудь, uk Жема́йтія f Yiddish: yi זאַמעט Further reading "Žemaitija", , in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012 en terms suffixed with -ia (place) en exonyms Spanish es: Pronunciation Proper noun f es Samogitia Q111362 es exonyms