karaliste

See also karalistē

Latvian

Etymology

From karalis (king) +‎ -iste, a term coined by A. Kronvalds as a borrowing from Lithuanian karalỹstė in the 1870s. Kronvalds borrowed also karalis (king) (q.v.).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

karaliste f, 5th declension

  1. kingdom (monarchy led by a king or queen)
    Jordānijas Hašimītu karaliste ir konstitucionāla monarhija — the Hashimite kingdom of Jordan is a constitutional monarchy
    kopš 1964. gada Svazilenda ir konstitucionāla karaliste — since 1964 Swaziland is a constitutional kingdom

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. ISBN 9984700127.
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