Dzūkija

See also: Dzūkiją

English

Ethnographic regions of Lithuania.

██ Lithuania Minor ██ Samogitia ██ Aukštaitija

██ Suvalkija ██ Dzūkija

Etymology

From Lithuanian Dzūkija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dzuːkɪˈjʌ/

Proper noun

Dzūkija

2. An ethnographic region of Lithuania, located in the south of the country.

Synonyms

• Dainava

Translations

Dzūkija

• Belarusian: Дзукія f (Dzukija)
• Georgian: ძუკია (ʒuḳia)
• Lithuanian:

  Aukštaitian: Dzūkija (lt) f, Dainava f

  Samogitian: Dzūkėjė f

• Russian: Дзукия (ru) f (Dzukija)
• Ukrainian: Дзукія f (Dzukija)

See also

• Džukian

Lithuanian

Etymology

dzūkas +‎ -ija. The name is relatively new, only coming to widespread use in the 19th century, and appears to be a dialectal demonym. The name is uncertain but could possibly be referring to the language's tendency to replace standard d with dz, e.g. didumas (“size”) becomes dzidumas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dzuːkʲˈjɐ]
• Hyphenation: Dzū‧ki‧ja

Proper noun

Dzūkija f

1. Dzūkija (an ethnographic region of Lithuania, located in the south of the country)

Declension

Declension of Dzūkija

nominative	Dzūkija
genitive	Dzūkijos
dative	Dzūkijai
accusative	Dzūkiją
instrumental	Dzūkija
locative	Dzūkijoje
vocative	Dzūkija

Synonyms

• Dainava

Related terms

• dzūkas m, dzūkė f