Litvak
[lit-vahk] /ˈlɪt vɑk/
noun
1.
a Jew from Lithuania or a neighboring country or region.
n.
“Jew from Lithuania,” 1892, from Polish Litwak “Lithuanian Jew,” originally simply “man from Lithuania.”
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