Original sentence: Lithuania Minor.Lithuania Propria combined with the Samogitian Eldership.Lithuania proper (; , tikroji Lietuva, literally: "Great Lithuania", "Genuine Lithuania"; , Lite) is a term with various meanings.Lithuania was understood by the ethnic meaning of Lithuania i.Map of languages in East Prussia, as of 1900  large.Scholars often use term Lithuania proper to refer to lands inhabited by ethnic Lithuanians as opposed to lands controlled by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania inhabited by Ruthenians (ancestors of modern Belarusians and Ukrainians), Russians, Poles, Lithuanian Jews or many other nationalities.Sometimes  it is used to contrast the main Lithuanian territory with Lithuania Minor (Lithuanian: Mažoji Lietuva)
Edited sentence: Lithuania proper (; , tikroji Lietuva, literally: "Lithuania in a narrow sense", "Genuine Lithuania"; , Lite) refers to a region which existed within Grand Duchy of Lithuania.Scholars often use term Lithuania proper to refer to lands inhabited by ethnic Lithuanians as opposed to lands controlled by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania inhabited by Ruthenians (ancestors of modern Belarusians and Ukrainians).Though last two regions in later times often were combined and named simply as Lithuania.grand Duchy of Lithunia simply and shortly was named Lithuania, though such designation did not represented where lithunians were living.lt:Tikroji Lietuva