Lithuania (Lietuva) in other languages: exonyms, Vilnius and counties
Lithuania is Lietuva in Lithuanian, officially Lietuvos Respublika, the Republic of Lithuania, and ISO 3166-1 gives it the codes LT, LTU and 440. Its name appears below in 181 languages and variants, Vilnius in 75, and the 10 counties follow with their seats and ISO 3166-2 codes.
Official languagesLithuanian (lietuvių)
Checked
- alpha-2
- LT
- alpha-3
- LTU
- numeric
- 440
Lietuvos Respublika
- English
- LithuaniaRepublic of Lithuania
- Capital
- VilniusVilnius
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026
List of exonyms for Lithuania
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Indonesian, Swahili | eng / ind / swa | Lithuania | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Breton, Basque, Galician, Interlingua, Italian, Javanese, Ladin, Novial, Romansh, Romanian, Sicilian, Samoan, Spanish, Albanian | arg / ast / bre / eus / glg / ina / ita / jav / lld / nov / roh / ron / scn / smo / spa / sqi | Lituania | same as written |
| Czech, Croatian, Aromanian, Slovak, Slovenian | ces / hrv / rup / slk / slv | Litva | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Slovio | aze / gag / kaa / slo | Litva / Литва | Litva |
| Danish, Norwegian, Saterland Frisian, Swedish | dan / nor / stq / swe | Litauen | same as written |
| Kven, Latvian, Lithuanian, Northern Sami | fkv / lav / lit / sme | Lietuva | same as written |
| Catalan, Occitan, Sardinian | cat / oci / srd | Lituània | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Litauen | same as written |
| French, Franco-Provençal, Friulian | fra / frp / fur | Lituanie | same as written |
| Aymara, Guarani | aym / grn | Lituaña | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian | dsb / hsb | Litawska | same as written |
| Estonian, Võro | est / vor | Leedu | same as written |
| West Frisian, Dutch | fry / nld | Litouwen | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Kirundi | kin / run | Lituwaniya | same as written |
| Polish, Silesian | pol / szl | Litwa | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Litaue, Litoue | same as written |
| Bambara | bam | Litiwani | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Litvanija / Литванија / لٖىتوانٖىيا | Litvanija |
| Cornish | cor | Lithouani | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Litvaniya / Литвания | Litvaniya |
| Kashubian | csb | Lëtewskô, Lëtwô | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | Lithwania | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Litovujo, Litovio | same as written |
| Faroese | fao | Litava | same as written |
| Finnish | fin | Liettua | same as written |
| North Frisian | frr | Litouen | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Liotuàinia, Lituàinia | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Liotuáin, An Lituáin | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Litaan | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Lityani | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Litvánia | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Litwenia | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Litháen, Litáen | same as written |
| Jersey Norman French | jnf | Lithuanie | same as written |
| Greenlandic | kal | Litaueni | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Lîtvanya | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Lithuania, Lituania | same as written |
| Limburgish | lim | Litouwe | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Litwani | same as written |
| Livonian | liv | Leišmō | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Lītova | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Litoania | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Litwanja | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Lituania / Литуания | Lituania |
| Maori | mri | Rehuānia | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Lithuania / ليثوانيا | Lithuania |
| Nahuatl | nah | Lituantlān | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Lituanîn | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Lituânia | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Lituwa, Lituwanya | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Lituaniya / लितुआनिया | Lituaniya |
| Samogitian | smg | Lietova | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Lituánia | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Litwanya, Lituanya | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | Lifuēnia | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Litwa / Литва, Litwiýa / Литвия | Litwa, Litwiýa |
| Turkish | tur | Lituanya, Litvanya | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Litva / Литва / لىتۋە | Litva |
| Veps | vep | Litvanma | same as written |
| Vietnamese | vie | Li-tu-a-ni-a, Lit-va | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Lietuvän | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Litwaneye | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Lituwaani | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Litwanya | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Литъва́ | Litŭvá |
| Abkhaz, Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Chuvash, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Mongolian, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abk / abq / alt / bul / chv / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / mon / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal | Литва | Litva |
| Bashkir, Chechen | bak / che | Литва / Litva | Litva |
| Avar | ava | Литва | Litwa |
| Belarusian | bel | Літва / Litva, Летува / Letuva | Litva, Letuva |
| Kazakh | kaz | Литва / ليتۆا / Lïtva | Lïtva |
| Kabardian | kbd | Литвэ | Litvă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Литва / لئتۋا / Litva | Litva |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Литва / Lîtva, Литова / Lîtova | Lîtva, Lîtova |
| Macedonian | mkd | Литванија | Litvanija |
| Ossetian | oss | Литвӕ | Litvä |
| Rusyn | rue | Літва | Litva |
| Serbian | srp | Литванија / Litvanija | Litvanija |
| Tatar | tat | Литва / Litva / لىتۋا | Litva |
| Tajik | tgk | Литва / لیتوه / Litva | Litva |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Литва | Lytva |
| Arabic | ara | ليتوانيا, ليثوانيا | Lītuwāniyā, Līṯuwāniyā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | لیتوا / Litva | Litva |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | لیتوانیا / Lîtwanya | Lîtwanya |
| Persian | fas | لیتوانی / Litvâni, لیتوا / Litvâ | Litvâni, Litvâ |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | لیتھوینیا | Lītʰvēniyā |
| Dari | prs | لیتوا, لتوانیا | Lītvā, Letvāniyā |
| Pashto | pus | ليتوا, لتوانيا | Lītwā, Litwāniyā |
| Uyghur | uig | لىتۋا / Litwa / Литва | Litwa |
| Urdu | urd | لتھوینیا, لتھووینیا | Litʰvēniyā, Litʰūvēniyā |
| Dhivehi | div | ލިތުއޭނިއާ | Lituēniā |
| Syriac | syr | ܠܬܘܢܝܐ | Litwaniyā |
| Hebrew | heb | ליטה, ליטא | Līṭah, Līṭā |
| Ladino | lad | ליטואניה / Lituania | Lituania |
| Yiddish | yid | ליטע | Lite |
| Berber | ber | ⵍⵉⵜⵡⴰⵏⵢⴰ / Litwanya | Litwanya |
| Kabyle | kab | ⵍⵉⵜⵡⴰⵏⵢⴰ / Litwanya | Litwanya |
| Amharic | amh | ሊትዌኒያ, ሊቱያንያ | Litweniya, Lituyanya |
| Greek | ell | Λιθουανία | Liṯoyanía |
| Armenian | hye | Լիտվա | Litva |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ლიტვა | Litva |
| Laz | lzz | ლიტვანია / Lit’vania | Lit’vania |
| Hindi, Nepali | hin / nep | लिथुआनिया | Litʰuāniyā |
| Marathi | mar | लिथुएनिया | Litʰueniyā |
| Bengali | ben | লিত্ভা, লিথুয়ানিয়া | Litbʰā, Litʰuyāniyā |
| Gujarati | guj | લિથુઆનિયા | Litʰuāniyā |
| Odia | ori | ଲିଥୁଆନିଆ | Litʰuāniā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਲੀਥੂਆਨੀਆ | Lītʰūānīā |
| Sinhala | sin | ලිතුවේනියාව | Lituvēniyāva |
| Kannada | kan | ಲಿಥುವೇನಿಯ | Litʰuvēniya |
| Malayalam | mal | ലിത്വാനിയ | Litvāniya |
| Tamil | tam | லிதுவேனியா | Lituvēṉiyā |
| Telugu | tel | లిథువేనియా | Litʰuvēniyā |
| Chinese | zho | 立陶宛 | Lìtáowǎn |
| Japanese | jpn | リトアニア | Ritoania |
| Korean | kor | 리투아니아 | Lituania |
| Tibetan | bod | ལི་ཐུ་ཨེ་ནི་ཡ། | Li.tʰu.e.ni.ya |
| Burmese | mya | လစ္သူဧနီးယား | Liʿṯuenìyà |
| Thai | tha | ลิทัวเนีย | Litʰuāniya |
| Lao | lao | ລິດໂຕນີ, ລິດຕະວາ | Littōnī, Littavā |
| Khmer | khm | លីទុយអានី, លីថួនី | Lītuy'ānī, Lītʰuanī |
Ukrainian Литва is read Lytva, Russian Литва Litva. Belarusian gives both Літва and Летува, Hebrew both ליטה and ליטא. Old Church Slavonic is shown with its accent mark.
Lietuva, Litva, Litwa and Leedu
The oldest written trace of the name is Litua, in a story of Bruno of Querfurt under the year 1009 in the Annals of Quedlinburg. Latin later wrote Lituania; the English th in Lithuania was added around 1800 by analogy with Greek loanwords and was never part of the native name.
The list falls into a few families. Latvian, Kven and Northern Sami take the native Lietuva unchanged, and Livonian says Leišmō. The Slavic neighbours use a form without the diphthong: Litva in Czech, Slovak and Slovenian, Литва in Russian and most Cyrillic-script languages, Litwa in Polish and Silesian. Belarusian lists Летува, Letuva, which stays close to Lietuva, beside Літва.
Estonian and Võro stand apart with Leedu, Finnish with Liettua. Hebrew writes ליטא or ליטה, and Yiddish ליטע, Lite. Most languages of Asia and Africa borrowed the Latin form with -ia: ليتوانيا in Arabic, リトアニア in Japanese, 立陶宛 in Chinese.
Vilnius in other languages: Wilno, Wilna, Vilne
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, Lithuanian | eng / fra / lit | Vilnius | same as written |
| Asturian, Finnish, Italian, Spanish | ast / fin / ita / spa | Vilna | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Wilna, Vilnius | same as written |
| Esperanto, Slovenian | epo / slv | Vilno | same as written |
| Polish, Silesian | pol / szl | Wilno | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Bilna | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Vilnüs / Вилнүс | Vilnüs |
| Bosnian | bos | Vilnius / Вилњус / وٖىلںٛۆس | Vilnius |
| Catalan | cat | Vílnius | same as written |
| Czech | ces | Vilna, Vilno | same as written |
| Kashubian | csb | Wilna | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Vilnjûs | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Vilnius | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Vîlniyûs | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Vilna, Vilnius | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Viļņa | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Vilnus / Вилнус | Vilnus |
| Malay | msa | Vilnius / ۏيلنيوس | Vilnius |
| Portuguese | por | Vílnio | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Vilnius / विल्निउस | Vilnius |
| Slovio | slo | Vilnius / Вилниус | Vilnius |
| Samogitian | smg | Vėlnios | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Bilnus | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Wilnýus / Вильнюс | Wilnýus |
| Turkish | tur | Vilnüs | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Vilnyus / Вильнюс / ۋىلنيۇس | Vilnyus |
| Veps | vep | Vil’nüs | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Ви́лн҄ь | Vílnĭ |
| Mongolian, Russian | mon / rus | Вильнюс | Vil'njus |
| Bashkir | bak | Вильнюс / Vilnyus | Vilnyus |
| Belarusian | bel | Вільнюс / Vilnius, Вільня / Vilnia | Vilnius, Vilnia |
| Bulgarian | bul | Вилно, Вилнюс | Vilno, Vilnjus |
| Kazakh | kaz | Вильнюс / ۆيلنيۋس / Vïlnyws | Vïlnyws |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Вильнюс / ۋئلنيۇس / Vilnyus | Vilnyus |
| Serbian | srp | Виљњус / Viljnjus | Viljnjus |
| Tatar | tat | Вильнюс / Vilnyus / ۋىلنيۇس | Vilnyus |
| Tajik | tgk | Вилнюс / ویلنیوس / Vilnjus | Vilnjus |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Вільнюс | Vil'njus |
| Arabic | ara | فيلنيوس, فلنيوس | Fīlniyūs, Filniyūs |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | ویلنوس / Vilnüs | Vilnüs |
| Persian | fas | ویلنیوس / Vilniyus | Vilniyus |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | ولنیس | Vilniyas |
| Pashto | pus | ولنيوس | Wilniyūs |
| Uyghur | uig | ۋىلنيۇس / Wilnyus / Вильнюс | Wilnyus |
| Urdu | urd | ویلنیوس | Vīlniyūs |
| Syriac | syr | ܒܠܢܘܣ | Bilnūs |
| Hebrew | heb | וילנה / ווילנה | Vīlnah |
| Yiddish | yid | װילנע | Vilne |
| Amharic | amh | ቪልኒዩስ, ቪልኒውስ | Vilniyus, Vilniws |
| Greek | ell | Βίλνιους, Βίλνα | Vílnioys, Vílna |
| Armenian | hye | Վիլնյուս | Vilnyous |
| Georgian | kat | ვილნიუსი | Vilniusi |
| Hindi | hin | विलनियूस | Vilniyūs |
| Marathi | mar | व्हिल्नियस | Whilniyas |
| Nepali | nep | भिल्नियस | Bʰilniyas |
| Bengali | ben | ভিলনিয়াস / ভিল্নিয়াস | Bʰilniyās |
| Punjabi | pan | ਵਿਲਨੀਅਸ | Vilnīas |
| Kannada | kan | ವಿಲ್ನಿಯಸ್ | Vilniyas |
| Tamil | tam | வில்னியூஸ், வில்னியஸ் | Vilṉiyūs, Vilṉiyas |
| Telugu | tel | విల్నియస్ | Vilniyas |
| Chinese | zho | 維爾紐斯/维尔纽斯 | Wéi'ěrniǔsī |
| Japanese | jpn | ヴィリニュス, ビリニュス | Virinyusu, Birinyusu |
| Korean | kor | 빌뉴스 | Bilnyuseu |
| Thai | tha | วิลนีอุส | Winnī'ut |
| Khmer | khm | វីលនីស | Vīlnīs |
Polish Wilno, German Wilna, Yiddish װילנע and Belarusian Вільня differ from the Lithuanian form, while most other languages in the table take Vilnius over with small changes.
The 10 counties of Lithuania with ISO 3166-2 codes
ISO 3166-2:LT codes the 10 counties (apskritys) with two letters and, below them, 60 municipalities with numbers from LT-01 to LT-60. The table gives each county's Lithuanian name, which is also the ISO name, the English form and the county seat.
| ISO 3166-2 | Lithuanian | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counties apskritys10 | ||||
| LT-AL | Alytaus apskritis | Alytus County | AlytusAlytus | |
| LT-KU | Kauno apskritis | Kaunas County | KaunasKaunas | |
| LT-KL | Klaipėdos apskritis | Klaipėda County | KlaipėdaKlaipėda | |
| LT-MR | Marijampolės apskritis | Marijampolė County | MarijampolėMarijampolė | |
| LT-PN | Panevėžio apskritis | Panevėžys County | PanevėžysPanevėžys | |
| LT-SA | Šiaulių apskritis | Šiauliai County | ŠiauliaiŠiauliai | |
| LT-TA | Tauragės apskritis | Tauragė County | TauragėTauragė | |
| LT-TE | Telšių apskritis | Telšiai County | TelšiaiTelšiai | |
| LT-UT | Utenos apskritis | Utena County | UtenaUtena | |
| LT-VL | Vilniaus apskritis | Vilnius County | VilniusVilnius | |
Codes and names: ISO 3166-2:LT on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from its English Wikipedia mirror on 28 October 2026. Seats: the 2017 edition of this list.
Counties in the genitive, municipalities below
Every county name puts its seat in the genitive case before apskritis, county: Alytaus apskritis is the county of Alytus, Šiaulių apskritis the county of Šiauliai, Klaipėdos apskritis that of Klaipėda. Plural place names change their ending more visibly than singular ones, Telšiai to Telšių, Šiauliai to Šiaulių.
The counties lost most of their administrative role in 2010, when the office of county governor was dissolved, and the municipalities (savivaldybės) became the main units of local government. ISO still lists the counties at the first level. It added the 60 municipalities in October 2014 and assigned each of them to its county in November 2021, when it also changed three spellings from the genitive to the nominative: Birštono to Birštonas, Kalvarijos to Kalvarija and Rietavo to Rietavas.
Lithuanian is written in the Latin alphabet with the letters ą č ę ė į š ų ū ž. The flag, after the Wikimedia Commons file, has three horizontal bands of yellow, green and red in the proportion 3:5.
Questions about the name Lithuania
What is Lithuania called in Lithuanian?
Lietuva. The official name is Lietuvos Respublika, the Republic of Lithuania.
How do you write Lithuania in Hebrew?
ליטה (Līṭah) or ליטא (Līṭā). Yiddish has ליטע, Lite.
What are Lithuania's ISO codes?
LT (alpha-2), LTU (alpha-3) and 440 (numeric). The counties are coded LT-AL to LT-VL, the municipalities LT-01 to LT-60.
What is Vilnius called in Polish and German?
Wilno in Polish and Wilna in German. Spanish, Italian and Finnish say Vilna.
When was Lithuania first mentioned?
In 1009, as Litua, in the Annals of Quedlinburg.