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samogitia

/ˌsæ.moʊˈɡi.ʃə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
samogi-tia
IPA
/ˌsæ.moʊˈɡi.ʃə/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ethnographic region of Lithuania, located in the north-west of the country.

Etymology

From Latin Samogetia, Samogitia (“Žemaitija”), from German Sameiten, Sameythen (“Žemaitija”), from Lithuanian 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 Getae, Ancient Greek Γέτης (Gétēs, “ancient Dacian tribe”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Samogetia, Sameiten

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌsæ.moʊˈɡi.ʃə/
  • British English: /ˌsa.mə(ʊ)ˈɡiː.ʃə/

Derived Forms

Samogitian

Questions

How do you pronounce samogitia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsæ.moʊˈɡi.ʃə/.
What does samogitia mean?
An ethnographic region of Lithuania, located in the north-west of the country.
Where does samogitia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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