Wikipēdija
See also: Wikipedija
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From the Latvian enciklopēdija (“encyclopedia”) by analogy with English Wikipedia.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈvikipeːdija/
- Homophone: Vikipēdija
Proper noun edit
Wikipēdija f
Usage notes edit
The 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”).