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}} | population_blank1_title = Ethnicity | population_blank1 = Samogitians, Lithuanians | population_blank2_title = Languages | population_blank2 = Lithuanian language Samogitian dialect | population_note = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = }} Samogitia or Žemaitija (Samogitian: ''Žemaitėjė''; (リトアニア語:Žemaitija); literally "lowlands") is one of the five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. Žemaitija is located in northwestern Lithuania. Its largest city is Šiauliai. Žemaitija has a long and distinct cultural history, reflected in the existence of the Samogitian dialect. == Etymology and alternate names == Ruthenian sources mentioned the region as ''жемотьская земля, samotska sem(b)la''; this gave rise to its Polish form, ''Żmudź'', and probably to the Middle High German ''Sameiten, Samaythen''. In Latin texts, the name is usually written as ''Samogitia'', ''Samogetia'' etc. The area has long been known to its residents and to other Lithuanians exclusively as Žemaitija (the name Samogitia is no longer in use within Lithuania and has not been used for at least two centuries). The region is also known in English as Lower Lithuania, Žemaitija, or, in reference to its Yiddish name, Zamet.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「samogitia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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