Sibīrija

See also: Sibirija and Sibīrijā

Latvian

Sibīrija (Krievijā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Сиби́рь (Sibírʹ) +‎ -ija. Originally the name of a 14th-century Tatar fortress at Qashliq (Tobolsk), later the capital of the 16th-century Khanate of Sibir. With the Russian conquest of Northern Asia, the name was extended to the areas beyond the Ob river.

Proper noun

Sibīrija f (4th declension)

1. Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia, from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean)

   Sibīrija ietver apmēram 56% no Krievijas teritorijas ― Siberia contains about 56% of the territory of Russia

Declension

Declension of Sibīrija (4th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sibīrija	—
genitive	Sibīrijas	—
dative	Sibīrijai	—
accusative	Sibīriju	—
instrumental	Sibīriju	—
locative	Sibīrijā	—
vocative	Sibīrija	—

Derived terms

• Sibīrijas cauna

Related terms

• sibīrietis, sibīriete
• sibīrisks