Medininkai (disambiguation)
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Medininkai can refer to several things in Lithuania:
- Medininkai, a village in Lithuania
- Medininkai Castle, a castle in the village
- Medininkai Incident, when Soviet OMON killed seven and critically wounded one Lithuanian boarder guards
- Medininkai Gate, an alternative name for Gate of Dawn in Vilnius
- Medininkai Highland, a highland in southeastern Lithuania and Belarus
- Medininkai glaciation, a glaciaton in the Middle Pleistocene period
- Medininkai Reserve, a reserve established in 1974 to protect arnica montana and other rare plants
- Varniai, city in Lithuania, was previously referred to as Medininkai
- Medininkai Land, a medieval administrative unit in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The capital was Varniai, then known as Medininkai
- Battle of Medininkai, a battle in 1320 between the Teutonic Knights and Samogitians. Took place near Varniai