Livonia

See also: livonia, livónia, livônia, Livónia, and Livônia

English

Etymology

From Latin Livonia, from Estonian liiv (“sand”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /lɪˈvəʊ.ni.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /lɪˈvoʊ.ni.ə/
• Rhymes: -əʊniə

Proper noun

Livonia

1. (historical) A historical region in the Baltic, south of the Gulf of Finland, now divided and constituting southern Estonia and northern Latvia.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town in Madison Township, Washington County, Indiana.
   2. A town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
   3. A city in Wayne County, Michigan.
   4. A township in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
   5. A village in Putnam County, Missouri.
   6. A town and village therein, in Livingston County, New York.
   7. An unincorporated community in Miles Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.

Derived terms

• Livonian

Translations

historical region

• Afrikaans: Lyfland, Liefland
• Arabic: ليفونيا f (lifunia)
• Armenian: Լիվոնիա (Livonia)
• Basque: Livonia
• Belarusian: Лівонія f (Livónija)
• Bulgarian: Ливония f (Livonija)
• Catalan: Livònia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立窝尼亚 (zh) (Lìwōníyǎ), 利夫兰 (Lìfūlán)

• Czech: Livonsko (cs) n
• Danish: Livland
• Dutch: Lijfland (nl) n
• Esperanto: Livonio, Livlando
• Estonian: Liivimaa
• Finnish: Liivinmaa (fi)
• French: Livonie (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Lyflân

• Galician: Livonia f
• Georgian: ლივონია (livonia)
• German: Livland (de) n, Liefland n
• Greek: Λιβονία f (Livonía)

  Ancient Greek: Λιουονίᾱ f (Liouoníā)

• Hungarian: Livónia (hu)
• Icelandic: Lífland
• Italian: Livonia f
• Japanese: リヴォニア (Rivonia)
• Korean: 리보니아 (ribonia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Lîvonya f

• Kyrgyz: Ливония (Livoniya)
• Latin: Livonia f
• Latvian: Livonija f
• Ligurian: Livonnia f
• Lithuanian: Livonija f
• Livonian: Līvõmō
• Marathi: लिव्होनिया (livhoniyā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Livland n

  Nynorsk: Livland n

• Polish: Inflanty (pl) nvir
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: Livônia f

  European Portuguese: Livónia f

• Romanian: Livonia f
• Russian: Лифля́ндия (ru) f (Lifljándija), Ливо́ния (ru) f (Livónija)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: Livlánda

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лѝво̄нија f

  Latin: Lìvōnija (sh) f

• Slovak: Livónsko n
• Slovene: Livonija f
• Spanish: Livonia f
• Swedish: Livland
• Turkish: Livonya
• Ukrainian: Ліво́нія f (Livónija)
• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic: Ливония (Livoniya)

  Latin: Livoniya

Further reading

• Livonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Proper noun

Livonia f

1. Livonia (historical region)

Anagrams

• involai, olivina, vialoni, violina

Latin

Pronunciation

• Livonia:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [lɪˈwɔ.ni.a]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [liˈvɔː.ni.a]
• Livoniā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [lɪˈwɔ.ni.aː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [liˈvɔː.ni.a]

Proper noun

Livonia f sg (genitive Livoniae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Livonia (historical region in the Baltic)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Livonia
genitive	Livoniae
dative	Livoniae
accusative	Livoniam
ablative	Livoniā
vocative	Livonia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈbonja/ [liˈβ̞o.nja]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: Li‧vo‧nia

Proper noun

Livonia f

1. Livonia (historical region)

Related terms

• livonio