Latvija
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)
- Latvia (a country in Baltic, Europe; capital: Riga)
- Latvijas karogs ― flag of Latvia
- Latvijas karte ― map of Latvia
- Dievs, svētī Latviju ― God bless Latvia
- Latvijā ir 76 pilsētas, no kurām divās (Rīgā un Daugavpilī) dzīvo vairāk par 100 000 iedzīvotāju ― in Latvia (there) are 76 cities, in two of which (Rīga and Daugavpils) (there) are more than 100 000 inhabitants
Declension
Declension of Latvija (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Latvija | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Latviju | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Latvijas | — |
dative (datīvs) | Latvijai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Latviju | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Latvijā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Latvija | — |
Synonyms
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “latvietis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlaːtʲʋʲɪjɛ]
- Hyphenation: Lat‧vi‧ja
Proper noun
Lãtvija f stress pattern 1
- Latvia (a country in Eastern Europe; official name: Lãtvijos Respùblika; capital: Riga)
Declension
See also
- (countries of Europe) Europos šalys; Airija, Albanija, Andora, Armėnija, Austrija, Azerbaidžanas, Baltarusija, Belgija, Bosnija ir Hercegovina, Bulgarija, Čekija, Danija, Estija, Graikija, Gruzija, Gudija, Islandija, Ispanija, Italija, Jungtinė Karalystė, Juodkalnija, Kazachstanas, Kipras, Kroatija, Latvija, Lenkija, Lichtenšteinas, Lietuva, Liuksemburgas, Makedonija, Malta, Moldavija, Monakas, Nyderlandai, Norvegija, Portugalija, Prancūzija, Rumunija, Rusija, San Marinas, Serbija, Slovakija, Slovėnija, Suomija, Švedija, Šveicarija, Turkija, Ukraina, Vatikanas, Vengrija, Vokietija
Further reading
- Latvija in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /làːtʋija/
Inflection
Feminine, a-stem | ||
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nominative | Látvija | |
genitive | Látvije | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Látvija | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Látvije | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Látviji | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Látvijo | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Látviji | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Látvijo |
Synonyms
- Repúblika Látvija
Related terms
Further reading
- “Latvija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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