Jūrmala
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Proper noun edit
Jūrmala
- A resort city in the Vidzeme region, Latvia.
Translations edit
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From jūrmala (“seaside”), itself a compound from jūra (“sea”) + mala (“edge, shore”).
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Jūrmala f (4th declension)
- Jūrmala (a resort city in the Vidzeme region, Latvia)
- Jūrmalas pilsētas karte ― a map of the city of Jūrmala
- Jūrmalas pilsētā ir 11 peldvietas ― in the city of Jūrmala there are 11 swimming places
- Jūrmala ir lielākā piejūras kūrortpilsēta Baltijas valstīs ― Jūrmala is the largest seaside resort city in the Baltic countries
Declension edit
Declension of Jūrmala (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Jūrmala | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Jūrmalu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Jūrmalas | — |
dative (datīvs) | Jūrmalai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Jūrmalu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Jūrmalā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Jūrmala | — |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Norwegian Bokmål: Jūrmala
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latvian Jūrmala (“Jūrmala”), from jūrmala (“seaside”), itself a compound from jūra (“sea”) + mala (“edge, shore”), first part from Proto-Baltic or Proto-Balto-Slavic *jaur-, *jūr-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-, *ūr- with an added initial y, from *aw-, *awe- (“to wet, to moisten, to flow”) with a suffix -r + last part from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Jūrmala
- Jūrmala (a resort town in Latvia)
- Jūrmala var et av de mest populære badebyene i Sovjetunionen
- Jūrmala was one of the most popular seaside resorts in the Soviet Union
References edit
- “Jūrmala” in Store norske leksikon