See also: imperija and impērijā

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Etymology

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Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin imperium (power, command), made into a 4th declension feminine noun ( +‎ -ija).

Noun

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impērija f (4th declension)

  1. empire (a monarchic state, especially a large one)
    Romas impērijathe Roman empire
    pēc 1825. gada decembra sacelšanās Nikolaja impērija dažam šķita, ka jāslapstās pustumsāafter the 1825 December riots, it seemed to some (people) that Nicholas' empire was suffocating itself in the darkness

Declension

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Synonyms

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