Latvia

See also: latvia, Látvia, and Lát-vi-a

English

Location of Latvia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latvian Latvija.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæt.vi.ə/, /ˈlɑːt.vi.ə/

• Audio (UK):

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Proper noun

Latvia

2. A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia.

   Synonym: Lettland

   • 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life‎^[1], volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 185:

     In early July, I returned to Europe for the G-7 summit in Naples. On the way, I stopped in Riga, Latvia, to meet with the leaders of the Baltic states and celebrate the withdrawal of Russian troops from Lithuania and Latvia, a move we had helped to speed up by providing a large number of housing vouchers for Russian officers who wanted to go home.

Related terms

• Latvian
• Latvian SSR
• Lettish

Descendants

• ⇒? Japanese: ラトビア (Ratobia)

Translations

country

• Abkhaz: Латвиа (Latʼvja)
• Acehnese: Latvia
• Afrikaans: Letland
• Albanian: Letoni f, Letonia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ላትቪያ (latviya)
• Arabic: لَاتْفِيَا f (lātfiyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: لاتفيا f (lātfiya, lātviya)

• Armenian: Լատվիա (hy) (Latvia)
• Assamese: লাটভিয়া (latbhia)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܲܬܒ݂ܝܼܵܐ f (Lātviya)
• Asturian: Letonia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Latviya (az)
• Bashkir: Латвия (Latviya)
• Basque: Letonia (eu)
• Belarusian: Ла́твія f (Látvija)
• Bengali: লাতভিয়া (bn) (latbhiẏa)
• Breton: Latvia
• Bulgarian: Ла́твия (bg) f (Látvija)
• Burmese: လတ်ဗီယာ (latbiya)
• Buryat: Латви (Latvi)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ла́твія f (Látvija)
• Catalan: Letònia (ca) f
• Chechen: Латви (Latʷi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 拉脫維亞 / 拉脱维亚 (laai¹ tyut³ wai⁴ aa³)

  Mandarin: 拉脫維亞 / 拉脱维亚 (zh) (Lātuōwéiyà)

  Wu: 拉脫維亞 / 拉脱维亚 (¹la-theq-vi-ia)

• Chuvash: Латви (Latvi)
• Corsican: Lettonia f
• Crimean Tatar: Latviya
• Czech: Lotyšsko (cs) n
• Danish: Letland (da)
• Dhivehi: ލެޓުވިއާ (leṭuviā)
• Dutch: Letland (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ལེཊི་བི་ཡ (leṭi bi ya)
• Esperanto: Latvio, Latvujo
• Estonian: Läti (et)
• Farefare: Latgɔ
• Faroese: Lettland n
• Finnish: Latvia (fi), Lätti (fi)
• French: Lettonie (fr) f
• Friulian: Letonie f
• Galician: Letonia (gl) f
• Georgian: ლატვია (ka) (laṭvia)
• German: Lettland (de) n
• Greek: Λεττονία (el) f (Lettonía)
• Gujarati: લાટવિયા (lāṭviyā)
• Hausa: Latvia, Latibiya
• Hawaiian: Lakawia
• Hebrew: לַטְוִיָּה f (látviya)
• Hindi: लातविया (hi) m (lātviyā), लाटविया m (lāṭviyā)
• Hungarian: Lettország (hu)
• Icelandic: Lettland (is) n
• Ido: Latvia (io)
• Indonesian: Latvia (id)
• Irish: An Laitvia f, Poblacht na Laitvia f
• Italian: Lettonia (it) f
• Japanese: ラトビア (ja) (Ratobia), ラトヴィア (ja) (Ratovia)
• Kannada: ಲಾಟ್ವಿಯ (kn) (lāṭviya)
• Kashubian: Łotwa f
• Kazakh: Латвия (kk) (Latviä)
• Khmer: ឡេតូនី (leetounii)
• Korean: 라트비아 (ko) (Rateubia), 라뜨비야 (ko) (Ratteubiya) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Letonya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Латвия (ky) (Latviya)
• Lao: ແລດໂຕນີ (lǣt tō nī), ລັດເວຍ (lat wīa)
• Latgalian: Latveja f
• Latin: Lettonia f (New Latin)
• Latvian: Latvija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Latvija (lt) f

  Samogitian: Latvėjė f

• Livonian: Lețmō
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Letlaand n

  German Low German: Lettland (nds) n

• Macedonian: Летонија (mk) f (Letonija)
• Malay: Latvia (ms)
• Malayalam: ലാത്വിയ (lātviya)
• Maltese: il-Latvja f
• Maori: Rāwhia
• Marathi: लाटविया (lāṭviyā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Латви (mn) (Latvi)

  Mongolian: ᠯᠠᠲ᠋ᠸᠢ (latwi)

• Navajo: Dahńdzílgaiʼnii Bikéyah
• Nepali: लात्भिया (lātbhiyā)
• Norman: Lettonnie f (Jersey), Létonîn (continental Normandy)
• Northern Sami: Látvia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Latvia (no) n

  Nynorsk: Latvia (nn) n

• Occitan: Letònia (oc) f
• Odia: ଲାଟଭିଆ (lāṭabhiā)
• Ossetian: Латви (Latvi)
• Pashto: ليتونيا f (litonyā), لتويا f (latwyā)
• Pennsylvania German: Lettlond
• Persian:

  Dari: لَاتْوِیَا (lātwiyā)

  Iranian Persian: لِتونی (letoni), لاتْوِیا (lâtviyâ), لِتْلَنْد (letland)

• Polish: Łotwa (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: Letônia (pt) f

  European: Letónia (pt) f

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਲਾਤਵੀਆ m (lātvīā)

• Romanian: Letonia (ro) f
• Russian: Ла́твия (ru) f (Látvija)
• Scots: Latvie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лѐто̄нија f, Ла̀твија f

  Roman: Lètōnija (sh) f, Làtvija (sh) f

• Silesian: Łotwa f
• Sinhalese: ලැට්වියාව (læṭwiyāwa)
• Slovak: Lotyšsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Látvija f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Letiska f

  Upper Sorbian: Letiska f

• Spanish: Letonia (es) f
• Swedish: Lettland (sv) n
• Tagalog: Letonya, Latbiya
• Tajik: Латвия (tg) (Latviya)
• Tamil: லாத்வியா (lātviyā)
• Tatar: Латвия (Latwiyä)
• Telugu: లాట్వియా (te) (lāṭviyā)
• Thai: ลัตเวีย (th) (lát-wiia)
• Tibetan: ལ་ཊ་ཝིཡ (la ṭa wiy)
• Tigrinya: ላትቪያ (latviya)
• Turkish: Letonya (tr)
• Turkmen: Latwiýa
• Ukrainian: Ла́твія (uk) f (Látvija)
• Urdu: لَٹْوِیا m (laṭviyā)
• Uyghur: لاتۋىيە (latwiye)
• Uzbek: Latviya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Lát-vi-a
• Volapük: Latviyän (vo)
• Võro: Läti
• Welsh: Latfia (cy)
• West Frisian: Letlân (fy) n
• Yakut: Латвия (Latviya)
• Yiddish: לעטלאַנד n (letland), לאַטוויע f (latvye)
• Yoruba: Latifia

See also

countries in Europe (appendix)edit

• Albania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic, Czechia
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Georgia
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Kazakhstan
• Kosovo
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
• North Macedonia
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• Vatican City

Anagrams

• avital

Acehnese

Proper noun

Latvia

1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latvian Latvija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑtʋiɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝t̪ʋiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtʋiɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Lat‧via

Proper noun

Latvia

1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

   Synonym: (dated) Lätti

Declension

Inflection of Latvia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Latvia	—
genitive		Latvian	—
partitive		Latviaa	—
illative		Latviaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Latvia	—
accusative	nom.	Latvia	—
	gen.	Latvian
genitive		Latvian	—
partitive		Latviaa	—
inessive		Latviassa	—
elative		Latviasta	—
illative		Latviaan	—
adessive		Latvialla	—
ablative		Latvialta	—
allative		Latvialle	—
essive		Latviana	—
translative		Latviaksi	—
abessive		Latviatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Latvia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Latviani — accusative nom. Latviani — gen. Latviani genitive Latviani — partitive Latviaani — inessive Latviassani — elative Latviastani — illative Latviaani — adessive Latviallani — ablative Latvialtani — allative Latvialleni — essive Latvianani — translative Latviakseni — abessive Latviattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Latviasi — accusative nom. Latviasi — gen. Latviasi genitive Latviasi — partitive Latviaasi — inessive Latviassasi — elative Latviastasi — illative Latviaasi — adessive Latviallasi — ablative Latvialtasi — allative Latviallesi — essive Latvianasi — translative Latviaksesi — abessive Latviattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Latviamme — accusative nom. Latviamme — gen. Latviamme genitive Latviamme — partitive Latviaamme — inessive Latviassamme — elative Latviastamme — illative Latviaamme — adessive Latviallamme — ablative Latvialtamme — allative Latviallemme — essive Latvianamme — translative Latviaksemme — abessive Latviattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Latvianne — accusative nom. Latvianne — gen. Latvianne genitive Latvianne — partitive Latviaanne — inessive Latviassanne — elative Latviastanne — illative Latviaanne — adessive Latviallanne — ablative Latvialtanne — allative Latviallenne — essive Latviananne — translative Latviaksenne — abessive Latviattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Latviansa — accusative nom. Latviansa — gen. Latviansa genitive Latviansa — partitive Latviaansa — inessive Latviassaan Latviassansa — elative Latviastaan Latviastansa — illative Latviaansa — adessive Latviallaan Latviallansa — ablative Latvialtaan Latvialtansa — allative Latvialleen Latviallensa — essive Latvianaan Latvianansa — translative Latviakseen Latviaksensa — abessive Latviattaan Latviattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• latvia
• latvialainen

See also

countries in Europe: Euroopan maat (appendix)edit

• Alankomaat
• Albania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Azerbaidžan
• Belgia
• Bosnia ja Hertsegovina
• Bulgaria
• Espanja
• Georgia
• Irlanti
• Islanti
• Iso-Britannia
• Italia
• Itävalta
• Kazakstan
• Kosovo
• Kreikka
• Kroatia
• Kypros
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Liettua
• Luxemburg
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Norja
• Pohjois-Makedonia
• Portugali
• Puola
• Ranska
• Romania
• Ruotsi
• Saksa
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Suomi
• Sveitsi
• Tanska
• Tšekki
• Turkki
• Ukraina
• Unkari
• Valko-Venäjä
• Vatikaani
• Venäjä
• Viro

Anagrams

• laivat, taival, talvia, tilava, vaalit, valita

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlatvi̯a/

Proper noun

Latvia

1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

See also

countries in Europe: landi di Europa (appendix)edit

• Albania
• Andora
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belgia
• Bielorusia
• Bosnia e Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Chekia
• Chipro
• Dania
• Estonia
• Finlando
• Francia
• Germania
• Grekia
• Gruzia
• Hispania
• Hungaria
• Irlando
• Islando
• Italia
• Kazakstan
• Kosovo
• Kroatia
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lituania
• Luxemburgia
• Macedonia
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monako
• Montenegro
• Nederlando
• Norvegia
• Polonia
• Portugal
• Rumania
• Rusia
• San-Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Suedia
• Suisia
• Turkia
• Ukraina
• Unionita Rejio
• Vatikano

Ingrian

Latvian kartta.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Латвия (Latvija).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑtʋiɑ/, [ˈɫɑdʋe̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑtʋiɑ/, [ˈɫɑd̥ʋiɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑtʋeː, -ɑtʋiɑ
• Hyphenation: Lat‧vi‧a

Proper noun

Latvia

1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Latvia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Latvia	—
genitive	Latvian	—
partitive	Latviaa	—
illative	Latviaa	—
inessive	Latviaas	—
elative	Latviast	—
allative	Latvialle	—
adessive	Latviaal	—
ablative	Latvialt	—
translative	Latviaks	—
essive	Latvianna, Latviaan	—
exessive1)	Latviant	—
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli (1936) P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Latvia

1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

Related terms

• latvier
• latvisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Latvia

1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

Related terms

• latviar
• latvisk