lithuanianizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Lithuanian +‎ -ize

動詞

Lithuanianize (三人称単数 現在形 Lithuanianizes, 現在分詞 Lithuanianizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 Lithuanianized)

1. To make or become Lithuanian.
   • 2013, Aldis Purs, Baltic Facades: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since 1945, Reaktion Books (→ISBN), page 53:

     By the autumn of 1940, however, Lithuanian nationalists' attempts to Lithuanianize the city in the winter of 1939 and spring of 1940 were rapidly replaced

   • 2014, Violeta Davoliūtė, The Making and Breaking of Soviet Lithuania: Memory and Modernity in the Wake of War, Routledge (→ISBN)

     Meanwhile, the Lithuanians implemented an intense campaign to Lithuanianize the city and the surrounding region.

   • 2015, Alfonsas Eidintas, Antanas Smetona and His Lithuania: From the National Liberation Movement to an Authoritarian Regime (1893-1940), BRILL (→ISBN), page 41:

     Jakštas, thinking of Kaunas's advantages, categorically asserted that only a miracle could Lithuanianize Vilnius and he did not believe in miracles – God should simply permit a strong Lithuanian colony to form itself in Vilnius.