Jūrmala

See also: Jurmala, jūrmala, jūrmalā, and Jūrmalā

English

Alternative forms

• Jurmala

Proper noun

Jūrmala

1. A resort city in the Vidzeme region, Latvia.

Translations

city in Latvia

• Belarusian: Ю́рмала f (Júrmala)
• Danish: Jūrmala
• German: Rigastrand n, Jūrmala n
• Korean: 유르말라 (yureumalla)
• Latvian: Jūrmala f
• Lithuanian: Jūrmala f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jūrmala

• Polish: Jurmała (pl) f
• Russian: Ю́рмала (ru) f (Júrmala)
• Ukrainian: Ю́рмала f (Júrmala)

Latvian

Jūrmala (Latvijā)

Etymology

From jūrmala (“seaside”), itself a compound from jūra (“sea”) +‎ mala (“edge, shore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jūːɾmala]

Audio:

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Proper noun

Jūrmala f (4th declension)

1. Jūrmala (a resort city in the Vidzeme region, Latvia)

   Jūrmalas pilsētas karte ― a map of the city of Jūrmala

   Jūrmalas pilsētā ir 11 peldvietas ― in the city of Jūrmala there are 11 swimming places

   Jūrmala ir lielākā piejūras kūrortpilsēta Baltijas valstīs ― Jūrmala is the largest seaside resort city in the Baltic countries

Declension

Declension of Jūrmala (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Jūrmala	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Jūrmalu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Jūrmalas	—
dative (datīvs)	Jūrmalai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Jūrmalu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Jūrmalā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Jūrmala	—

Derived terms

• jūrmalnieks, jūrmalniece

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: Jūrmala

Norwegian Bokmål

The popular beach resort in Jūrmala.

Etymology

From Latvian Jūrmala (“Jūrmala”), from jūrmala (“seaside”), itself a compound from jūra (“sea”) +‎ mala (“edge, shore”), first part from Proto-Baltic or Proto-Balto-Slavic *jaur-, *jūr-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-, *ūr- with an added initial y, from *aw-, *awe- (“to wet, to moisten, to flow”) with a suffix -r + last part from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːrmala/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: Jūr‧ma‧la

Proper noun

Jūrmala

1. Jūrmala (a resort town in Latvia)

   Jūrmala var et av de mest populære badebyene i Sovjetunionen

   Jūrmala was one of the most popular seaside resorts in the Soviet Union

References

• “Jūrmala” in Store norske leksikon