The first known record of the name of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuva) is in a 9 March 1009 story of Saint Bruno recorded in the Quedlinburg Chronicle (Latin: Annales Quedlinburgenses). The Chronicle recorded a Latinized Slavic form of the name Lietuva: Litua pronounced . While it is clear the name originated in a Baltic language, scholars still debate the meaning of the word.
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