Lettland

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English

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Etymology

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From Lett +‎ land.

Proper noun

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Lettland

  1. (rare, dated, puristic) The land of the Lettish people; Latvia.
    • 1800, William Tools, View of the Russian Empire:
      [] homestead of this nation is not the whole of Livonia, but only a part of which is called Lettland; []
    • 1922, Automotive Industries, volume 47:
      The Government of Lettland since July 1 last pays a bonus on farm tractors put into service in that country []

Faroese

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Lettland n

  1. Latvia

Declension

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n8 -land Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Lettland
Accusative
Dative Lettlandi
Genitive Lettlands

German

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Etymology

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Lette +‎ Land.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛtlant/
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Proper noun

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Lettland n (proper noun, genitive Lettlands or (optionally with an article) Lettland)

  1. Latvia (a country in Eastern Europe)
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Icelandic

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Lettland n

  1. Latvia

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

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Lettland n

  1. Latvia (a country in Eastern Europe)
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