Courland

English

Etymology

Frenchified spelling of German Kurland, equivalent to Cour- +‎ land, with the initial component related to Curonian, Latin Curonia and Latvian Kurzeme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊə(ɹ)lənd/

Proper noun

Courland

1. A region in western Latvia.
2. (historical) A duchy in that region.

Related terms

• Curonian
• Couronian
• Courlander
• Courish
• Courlandish
• Coure

Translations

region in western Latvia

• Belarusian: Курля́ндыя f (Kurljándyja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庫爾蘭／库尔兰 (zh) (Kù'ěrlán)

• Czech: Kuronsko n
• Danish: Kurland
• Esperanto: Kuronio
• Estonian: Kuramaa
• Finnish: Kuurinmaa (fi)
• French: Kurzeme f (modern), Courlande (fr) f (historical)
• Georgian: კურლანდია (ḳurlandia)
• German: Kurland (de) n
• Hungarian: Kurföld, Kurland, Kurzeme
• Italian: Curlandia
• Japanese: クールラント (Kūrurando)
• Korean: 쿠를란트 (Kureullanteu)
• Latin: Curonia
• Latvian: Kurzeme f
• Lithuanian: Kuršas m
• Livonian: Kurāmō
• Norwegian: Kurland
• Old Norse: Kúrland n
• Polish: Kurlandia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Curlândia f
• Russian: Ку́рземе (ru) f (Kúrzeme) (modern), Курля́ндия (ru) f (Kurljándija) (historical)
• Spanish: Curlandia f
• Swedish: Kurland
• Turkish: Kurlandiya
• Ukrainian: Ку́рземе f (Kúrzeme), Курля́ндія f (Kurljándija)

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