Latvija

See also: Latvijā and Latviją

Latvian

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

  • IPA(key): [latvija]
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Proper noun

Latvija f (4th declension)

  1. Latvia (country in the Baltic region of Europe, with Riga as its capital)
    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

Declension

Synonyms

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), latvietis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Etymology

From latvis + -ija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaːtʲʋʲɪjɛ]

Proper noun

Lãtvija f

  1. Latvia

Declension

Synonyms

See also


Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Làtvija f (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀твија)

  1. Latvia

Declension


Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /làːtʋija/

Proper noun

Látvija f

  1. Latvia

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nominative Látvija
genitive Látvije
singular
nominative Látvija
accusative Látvijo
genitive Látvije
dative Látviji
locative Látviji
instrumental Látvijo

Synonyms

  • Repúblika Látvija
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