Samogitia
Proper noun
Meaning
Samogitia
An ethnographic region of Lithuania, located in the north-west of the country.
Examples
A four-year truce stipulated Jogaila's conversion to Catholicism and the cession of half of Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights.
Seeking freedom to pursue his internal and Ruthenian goals, Vytautas had to grant the Teutonic Order a large portion of Samogitia in the Treaty of Salynas of 1398.
Last accessed on 02 June 2013 Mindaugas "granted" parts of Yotvingia and Samogitia that he did not control to the Knights in 1253–59.
The average annual precipitation is convert on the coast, convert in Samogitia highlands and convertin the eastern part of the country.
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The resulting Treaty of Melno ended the Knights' claims to Samogitia once and for all and defined a permanent border between Prussia and Lithuania.