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Samogitian
Etymology
Compare Lithuanian -ija.
Suffix
-ėjė
- Added to form names of places or administrative units that the person / people of the main word govern(-s).
- žemaitis (“Samogitian; a person from Samogitia”) + -ėjė → Žemaitėjė (“Samogitia”)
Derived terms