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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [latvija]

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Proper noun

Latvija f (4th declension)

1. 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)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Latvija	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Latviju	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Latvijas	—
dative (datīvs)	Latvijai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Latviju	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Latvijā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Latvija	—

Synonyms

• Latve
• Latvijas Republika

Related terms

• latvis, latve
• latviešu valoda
• latvietis, latviete
• latvisks

Lithuanian

Etymology

From lãtvis +‎ -ija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaːtʲʋʲɪjɛ]
• Hyphenation: Lat‧vi‧ja

Proper noun

Lãtvija f stress pattern 1

1. Latvia (a country in Eastern Europe; official name: Lãtvijos Respùblika; capital: Riga)

Declension

    Declension of Lãtvija

nominative	Lãtvija
genitive	Lãtvijos
dative	Lãtvijai
accusative	Lãtviją
instrumental	Lãtvija
locative	Lãtvijoje
vocative	Lãtvija

Related terms

• lãtvė f
• lãtvis m
• lãtviška f
• lãtviškas m

 

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

• Lètōnija

Proper noun

Làtvija f (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀твија)

1. Latvia

Declension

Declension of Latvija

	singular
nominative	Latvija
genitive	Latvije
dative	Latviji
accusative	Latviju
vocative	Latvijo/Latvija
locative	Latviji
instrumental	Latvijom

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /làːtʋija/

Proper noun

Látvija f

1. Latvia

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
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

• Látvijec / Látvijka
• látvijski
• látvijščina

Further reading

• “Latvija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran