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Latvija

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See also: Latvijā and Latviją

Latvian

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 Latvija on Latvian Wikipedia
Latvija (Eiropā)
Latvijas karogs

Etymology

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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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  • IPA(key): [latvija]
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Latvija f (4th declension)

  1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe; official name: Latvijas Republika)
    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

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Declension of Latvija (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative Latvija
genitive Latvijas
dative Latvijai
accusative Latviju
instrumental Latviju
locative Latvijā
vocative Latvija

Synonyms

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Descendants

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

See also

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References

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

Lithuanian

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 Latvija on Lithuanian Wikipedia
Lãtvija
Lãtvijos vė̃liava
The flag of Latvia

Etymology

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From lãtvis +‎ -ija.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlaːtʲʋʲɪjɛ]
  • Hyphenation: Lat‧vi‧ja

Proper noun

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

  1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe; official name: Lãtvijos Respùblika)

Declension

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Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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Làtvija f (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀твија)

  1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

Declension

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Slovene

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Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Látvija f

  1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
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
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See also

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References

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