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Leonardas Dambriūnas
Leonardas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. List of people named Leonardas * Leonardas Abramavičius (?-1960), Lithuanian chess player * Leonardas Andriekus (1914-2003), Lithuanian poet {{given name Lithuanian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian exclave, semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians who are the titular nation and form the majority of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united for the first time by Mindaugas, who formed the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonhard (other)
Leonhard is a male given name and surname in German and other Germanic languages, as well as Estonian, sharing the same origin as English Leonard. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Alfred Leonhard Maluma (1955–2021), Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate * Alfred Leonhard Tietz (1883–1941), German entrepreneur * Anton Leonhard Franzen (1896–1968), German lawyer and Nazi politician * Arne Leonhard Nilsen (1893–1957), Norwegian politician * Artur Leonhard Kasterpalu (1897–1942), Estonian politician * Benedikt Maria Leonhard von Werkmeister (1745–1823), German Roman Catholic theologian *Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794–1866), German botanist * Dieterich Leonhard Oskamp (1756–1803), Dutch natural historian and author * Friedrich Georg Leonhard Miedke (1803–1842), German actor, singer, composer, theatre director, painter and author * Fritz Leonhard Redlich (1892–1978) was a German businessman and economic historian * Hans Leonhard Schäufe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonas (name)
Leonas is a Lithuanian masculine given name and surname; often a diminutive of Leonardas, and a Lithuanianized form of "Leon". Leonas () was also a Greek and a Latin name. Surname *Petras Leonas (1864–1938), Lithuanian attorney and politician * Silvestras Leonas (1894–1959), Lithuanian military officer and judge Given name *Leonas, a Greek rhetorician and sophist. Mentor of the philosopher Proclus * Leonas Alesionka (born 1949), Lithuanian politician *Leonas Apšega (born 1940), Lithuanian politician *Leonas Baltrūnas (1914–1993), Lithuanian basketball player and coach *Leonas Bistras (1890–1971), Lithuanian politician, journalist, translator, philosopher and professor *Leonas Juozapaitis (1901–1980), Lithuanian footballer *Leonas Koganas (1894–1956), Lithuanian physician *Leonas Milčius (born 1942), Lithuanian politician *Leonas Petrauskas (1919–1994), Lithuanian basketball player *Leonas Prapuolenis Leonas Prapuolenis (9 June 1913 – 23 July 1972) was a Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian (, ) is an East Baltic languages, East Baltic language belonging to the Baltic languages, Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the language of Lithuanians and the official language of Lithuania as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are approximately 2.8 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 1 million speakers elsewhere. Around half a million inhabitants of Lithuania of non-Lithuanian background speak Lithuanian daily as a second language. Lithuanian is closely related to neighbouring Latvian language, Latvian, though the two languages are not mutually intelligible. It is written in a Latin script. In some respects, some linguists consider it to be the most conservative (language), conservative of the existing Indo-European languages, retaining features of the Proto-Indo-European language that had disappeared through development from other descendant languages. History Among Indo-European languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardas Abramavičius
Leonardas Abramavičius (Leonhard Abramavicius) (died 1960 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian chess player. Biography Abramavičius played for Lithuania in four official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads. * In July 1930, he played at fourth board at 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+4 –11 =0). * In July 1931, he played at fourth board at 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague (+3 –7 =1). * In July 1933, he played at reserve board at 5th Chess Olympiad in Folkestone (+5 –2 =2). * In August/September 1936, he played at fifth board at 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich (+6 –8 =6). * In July/August 1937, he played at reserve board at 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+2 –1 =0). He won one individual silver medal in 1933. Abramavičius played several times in Lithuanian Chess Championships. In July 1943, he tied for 1st-3rd with Birmanas and Romanas Arlauskas, (Abramavičius took 3rd in play-off), in Vilnius (12th LTU-ch). In 1947, he took 12th, in 1948 tied for 8-9th, in 1949 tied for 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardas Andriekus
Leonardas Andriekus (July 15, 1914, in Barstyčiai, district of Mažeikiai, Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ... – 2003) was a Lithuanian poet. References Lithuanian male poets 1914 births 2003 deaths 20th-century Lithuanian poets {{Lithuania-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Masculine Given Names
Lithuanian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Lithuania, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe ** Lithuanian language ** Lithuanians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to Lithuania and the immediate geographical region ** Lithuanian cuisine ** Lithuanian culture Other uses * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jews, sometimes used to mean Mitnagdim * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ... See also * List of Lithuanians {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
