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Marijonas
Marijonas is a Lithuanian language, Lithuanian masculine given name. Individuals with the name Marijonas include: *Marijonas Mikutavičius (born 1971), television presenter, singer, songwriter, and journalist *Marijonas Petravičius (born 1979), basketball player References {{given name Lithuanian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijonas Petravičius
Marijonas Petravičius (born October 24, 1979) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player. He was a member of the Lithuania men's national basketball team, Lithuania national team. He mainly played the center (basketball), center position, but he could also play the power forward (basketball), power forward position. Professional career With his former club Mitteldeutscher BC, he won the FIBA EuroCup Challenge in 2004, being the Final Four Most valuable player, MVP. Petravičius arrived to BC Lietuvos rytas, Lietuvos rytas Vilnius in 2006, to replace Robertas Javtokas who left the team, and he quickly became the first choice Center (basketball), center for the team. He helped Lietuvos rytas to reach the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup final in 2007. In 2008 the team was competing in the EuroLeague, and in his first game Petravičius scored 29 points against Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, Armani Jeans Milano. Petravičius led Rytas to first place during the group stage, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijonas Mikutavičius
Marijus Mikutavičius (born 19 April 1971), known better as Marijonas Mikutavičius, is a Lithuanian singer, musician and songwriter, a television journalist, a comedian and a talk show host from Vilnius. He is best known for his sports anthem '' Trys Milijonai'' as well as an official Eurobasket 2011 song '' Celebrate Basketball'' and for representing his country at Eurovision Song Contest 2006 as part of LT United. Early life and education Mikutavičius was born in Lazdijai. At the age of nine, he moved with his family to Vilnius. He later entered the Faculty of Communication of the Vilnius University from which he graduated in 1993 as a master in journalism. Career While studying at a university, Mikutavičius worked for periodicals and as a ''Vakaro žinios'' (''Evening News'') reporter for Lithuanian television. He also played in a rock band ''Bovy'', which toured around Europe and sang in Scandinavian countries, Germany, and Eastern Europe, and gained recognition as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian exclave, semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians who are the titular nation and form the majority of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united for the first time by Mindaugas, who formed the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion (other)
Marion or MARION may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Marion (band), a British alternative rock group * ''Marion'' (miniseries), a 1974 miniseries * ''Marion'' (1920 film), an Italian silent film * ''Marion'' (2024 film), a UK short People and fictional characters * Marion (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Marion (surname), a list of people with the surname Places Australia * City of Marion, a local government area in South Australia * Marion, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide ** Marion railway station United States * Marion, Alabama, a city * Marion, Arkansas, a city * Marion, Connecticut, a neighborhood of the town of Southington * Marion, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Marion, Illinois, a city * Marion, Indiana, a city ** Marion station (Amtrak), a former train station ** Marion station (Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad), a former train station of the Pennsylvania Railroad * Marion, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian (, ) is an East Baltic languages, East Baltic language belonging to the Baltic languages, Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the language of Lithuanians and the official language of Lithuania as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are approximately 2.8 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 1 million speakers elsewhere. Around half a million inhabitants of Lithuania of non-Lithuanian background speak Lithuanian daily as a second language. Lithuanian is closely related to neighbouring Latvian language, Latvian, though the two languages are not mutually intelligible. It is written in a Latin script. In some respects, some linguists consider it to be the most conservative (language), conservative of the existing Indo-European languages, retaining features of the Proto-Indo-European language that had disappeared through development from other descendant languages. History Among Indo-European languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Masculine Given Names
Lithuanian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Lithuania, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe ** Lithuanian language ** Lithuanians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to Lithuania and the immediate geographical region ** Lithuanian cuisine ** Lithuanian culture Other uses * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jews, sometimes used to mean Mitnagdim * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ... See also * List of Lithuanians {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
