Name of Lithuania

Earliest mention of Lithuania (Litua, on line 7) in the entry for 1009 in the 11th-century Annals of Quedlinburg, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Q.113, fol 31r.

The first known record of the name of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuva) was recorded in the Annals of Quedlinburg (Latin: Annales Quedlinburgenses, written between 1008 and 1030) in a story recording events of 9 March 1009 concerning Saint Bruno. The Chronicle recorded in the form Litua (in the phrase "in confinio Rusciæ et Lituæ a paganis capite plexus"). Although it is clear the name originated from a Baltic language, scholars still debate the meaning of the word.

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