Wikipēdija
See also: Wikipedija
Latvian
editEtymology
editFrom the Latvian enciklopēdija (“encyclopedia”) by analogy with English Wikipedia.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈvikipeːdija/
- Homophone: Vikipēdija
Proper noun
editWikipēdija f
Usage notes
editThe Latvian Wikipedia first adopted Wikipēdija, similarly to the English Wikipedia, but later dropped that and changed for Vikipēdija, which has Latvian alphabet letters only and incorporates the ending of the Latvian word enciklopēdija (“encyclopedia”).