Āzija
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía, “Asia”).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Āzija f (4th declension)
- Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
- (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)
- Āzijā dzīvo vairāk, kā 60% pasaules iedzīvotāju ― more than 60% of the world's inhabitants live in Asia
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Āzija | — |
| genitive | Āzijas | — |
| dative | Āzijai | — |
| accusative | Āziju | — |
| instrumental | Āziju | — |
| locative | Āzijā | — |
| vocative | Āzija | — |
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]- kontinents
- The Earth's continents (Zemes kontinenti):
Eirāzija (Eiropa, Āzija) - Āfrika - Amerika (Ziemeļamerika, Dienvidamerika) - Okeānija (Austrālija) - Antarktīda/Antarktika
Categories:
- Latvian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latvian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- lv:Asia
- lv:Continents and continental regions
- Latvian terms with historical senses
- lv:Provinces of the Roman Empire
- lv:Places in the Roman Empire
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian fourth declension proper nouns