Latvija

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See also: Latvijā and Latviją

Latvian

 Latvija on Latvian Wikipedia
Latvija (Eiropā)
Latvijas karogs

Etymology

From latvis (Latvian, Lett) +‎ -ija. The word is relatively recent: in older (13th-century) texts, this region is called Lettia, Letthigalia, later on (17th century) Latvisku zeme and (18th century) Latvju zeme, Latviešu zeme. J. Alunāns suggested in the 1850s the word Latva, which was not adopted; but, under his influence, many country names in Latvian were derived with a suffix -ija, which made several authors spontaneously create and use the word Latvija. It was accepted into the standard language in the following decades.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Latvija f (4th declension)

  1. Latvia (a country in Baltic, Europe; official name: Latvijas Republika; capital and largest city: Riga)
    Latvijas karogsflag of Latvia
    Latvijas kartemap of Latvia
    Dievs, svētī LatvijuGod bless Latvia
    Latvijā ir 76 pilsētas, no kurām divās (Rīgā un Daugavpilī) dzīvo vairāk par 100 000 iedzīvotājuin Latvia (there) are 76 cities, in two of which (Rīga and Daugavpils) (there) are more than 100 000 inhabitants

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: Latvia
    • ? Japanese: ラトビア (Ratobia)
  • Japanese: ラトビア (Ratobia)

See also

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “latvietis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian

 Latvija on Lithuanian Wikipedia
Lãtvija
Lãtvijos vė̃liava
The flag of Latvia

Etymology

From lãtvis +‎ -ija.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Lat‧vi‧ja

Proper noun

Lãtvija f (uncountable, related adjective lãtviškas, demonym lãtvis, female demonym lãtvė) stress pattern 1

  1. Latvia (a country in Baltic, Europe; official name: Lãtvijos Respùblika; capital and largest city: Riga)

Declension

nouns
verbs

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Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Làtvija f (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀твија)

  1. Latvia (a country in Baltic, Europe; capital and largest city: Riga)

Declension

Slovene

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Látvija f

  1. Latvia (a country in Baltic, Europe; official name: Repúblika Látvija; capital and largest city: Riga)

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nominative Látvija
genitive Látvije
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Látvija
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Látvije
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Látviji
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Látvijo
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Látviji
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Látvijo

See also

References

  • Latvija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • Latvija”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references