Latvija

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See also: Latvijā and Latviją

Latvian

 Latvija on Latvian Wikipedia
Latvija (Eiropā)
Latvijas karogs

Etymology

From latvis (Latvian, Lett) +‎ -ija. The word is relatively recent: in older (13th-century) texts, this region is called Lettia, Letthigalia, later on (17th century) Latvisku zeme and (18th century) Latvju zeme, Latviešu zeme. J. Alunāns suggested in the 1850s the word Latva, which was not adopted; but, under his influence, many country names in Latvian were derived with a suffix -ija, which made several authors spontaneously create and use the word Latvija. It was accepted into the standard language in the following decades.[1]

Pronunciation

(file)

Proper noun

Latvija f (4th declension)

  1. Latvia (a country in Baltic, Europe; capital: Riga)
    Latvijas karogsflag of Latvia
    Latvijas kartemap of Latvia
    Dievs, svētī LatvijuGod bless Latvia
    Latvijā ir 76 pilsētas, no kurām divās (Rīgā un Daugavpilī) dzīvo vairāk par 100 000 iedzīvotājuin Latvia (there) are 76 cities, in two of which (Rīga and Daugavpils) (there) are more than 100 000 inhabitants

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “latvietis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian

Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lt

Etymology

From latvis +‎ -ija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaːtʲʋʲɪjɛ]

Proper noun

Lãtvija f

  1. Latvia

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Làtvija f (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀твија)

  1. Latvia

Declension


Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Látvija f

  1. Latvia

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nominative Látvija
genitive Látvije
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Látvija
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Látvije
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Látviji
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Látvijo
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Látviji
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Látvijo

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