Jelgava

English

Etymology

See etymology at Livonian Jālgab.

Proper noun

Jelgava

1. A town in central Latvia, the largest town in Semigallia.
   • 2014, Zigmunds Skujins, Flesh-Coloured Dominoes:

     [The city is] at least ten Rigas and Jelgavas put together! Palace upon palace, bridge upon bridge, tower upon tower.

Translations

city in Latvia

• Belarusian: Е́лгава f (Jélhava)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葉爾加瓦 / 叶尔加瓦 (Yè'ěrjiāwǎ)

• Danish: Jelgava
• German: Mitau (de) n, Jelgava n
• Latvian: Jelgava (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Jelgava f
• Livonian: Jālgab
• Polish: Jełgawa (pl) f
• Russian: Е́лгава (ru) f (Jélgava)
• Ukrainian: Є́лгава f (Jélhava), Є́лґава f (Jélgava)

Latvian

Jelgava (Latvijā)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Jelgava f (4th declension)

1. Jelgava (a city in Latvia)

Declension

Declension of Jelgava (4th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	Jelgava	—
genitive	Jelgavas	—
dative	Jelgavai	—
accusative	Jelgavu	—
instrumental	Jelgavu	—
locative	Jelgavā	—
vocative	Jelgava	—

Derived terms

• jelgavnieks, jelgavniece

Descendants

• English: Jelgava