Malta

Malta (nominative singular)
Maltas (genitive singular)
Maltai (dative singular)
Maltu (accusative singular)
Maltu (instrumental singular)
Maltā (locative singular)
Malta (singular vocative)

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.

Maltas karogs

1964. gada 21. septembrī Malta ieguva neatkarību no Apvienotās Karalistes

on September 21st, 1964, Malta gained (its) independence from the United Kingdom

Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Maltas sala

Maltas salā atrodas valsts galvaspilsēta

the country's capital is located on the island of Malta

Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Samoa

Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


sala

sala (nominative singular)
salas (nominative plural)
salas (genitive singular)
salu (genitive plural)
salai (dative singular)
salām (dative plural)
salu (accusative singular)
salas (accusative plural)
salu (instrumental singular)
salām (instrumental plural)
salā (locative singular)
salās (locative plural)
sala (singular vocative)
salas (plural vocative)

There are different opinions on the origin of this word. Some derive it from Proto-Baltic *sel-, *sal-, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, a variant of *ser- (“to flow”); in this case, the original meaning would have been “stream, river,” from which “body of water”(cf. Lithuanian sálti (“to flow slowly”), Ancient Greek ἕλος (hélos, “swamp”) (< *selos), Sanskrit सरः (sáraḥ, “lake, pond”), perhaps also Latin insula < *in-sal-, and several river names: Salaca, Salica > Selke in Germany, Salate), then “something inside (a body of water),” “island.” Others derive sala from *ap(i)sala, from a verb meaning “to flow” (cf. Russian о́стров (óstrov, “island”), from Proto-Slavic *o-strovь, so that the original meaning would be “that which is surrounded by flowing (water)”). Still others consider sala to come from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to swell”), with as original meaning “(river) silt, deposits, sediments.” Cognates include Lithuanian salà; comparable Baltic-Finnic terms (Livonian sala (“island”), Estonian salu (“swamp island”), Finnish salo (“forest island; forest”)) are considered as borrowings from Baltic.

okeāna, jūras, ezera sala

salu grupas

vulkāniskā sala

sanesumu sala

kontinentālā sala

koraļļu sala

Madagaskaras sala

island (relatively small amount of land surrounded by water in a river, sea, or ocean)

cilvēki rakuši mantu zemē un ar lopiem un vezumiem mēģinājuši noslēpties silos un purvu salās

the people hid their property in the land and with (their) cattle and wagons tried to hide in the pine forest and swamp islands

island (higher place in a swamp or forest)


Kuba

Kuba (nominative singular)
Kubas (genitive singular)
Kubai (dative singular)
Kubu (accusative singular)
Kubu (instrumental singular)
Kubā (locative singular)
Kuba (singular vocative)

Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)


Japāna

Japāna (nominative singular)
Japānas (genitive singular)
Japānai (dative singular)
Japānu (accusative singular)
Japānu (instrumental singular)
Japānā (locative singular)
Japāna (singular vocative)

Possibly from German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwon^X, literally “sun origin”), same etymon as Japanese 日本 (Nippon / Nihon), made, like most other country names, into a feminine 4th-declension noun.

der

Japānas karogs

Japānas vēsture

Japāna ir unitāra konstitucionāla monarhija

Japan is a unitary constitutional monarchy

Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)


Islande

Islande (nominative singular)
Islandes (genitive singular)
Islandei (dative singular)
Islandi (accusative singular)
Islandi (instrumental singular)
Islandē (locative singular)
Islande (singular vocative)
Īslande (alternative)

Borrowed from Icelandic Ísland (“Iceland”), probably via other European languages. The more recent spelling (Īslande, with a long ī) apparently reflects the original Icelandic pronunciation better.

Islandes karogs

Nīderlandes karaliene

Islande jeb Īslande ir salu valsts Atlantijas okeāna ziemeļos starp Grenlandi, Norvēģiju un Britu salām

Iceland (Islande or Īslande) is an island country in the north of the Atlantic Ocean between Greenland, Norway and the British Isles

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe)


Korsika

Korsika (nominative singular)
Korsikas (genitive singular)
Korsikai (dative singular)
Korsiku (accusative singular)
Korsiku (instrumental singular)
Korsikā (locative singular)
Korsika (singular vocative)

administrative region
administrative region

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


Jamaika

Jamaika (nominative singular)
Jamaikas (genitive singular)
Jamaikai (dative singular)
Jamaiku (accusative singular)
Jamaiku (instrumental singular)
Jamaikā (locative singular)
Jamaika (singular vocative)

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Dominika

Dominika (nominative singular)
Dominikas (genitive singular)
Dominikai (dative singular)
Dominiku (accusative singular)
Dominiku (instrumental singular)
Dominikā (locative singular)
Dominika (singular vocative)

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Austrālija

Austrālija (nominative singular)
Austrālijas (genitive singular)
Austrālijai (dative singular)
Austrāliju (accusative singular)
Austrāliju (instrumental singular)
Austrālijā (locative singular)
Austrālija (singular vocative)

Austrālijas karogs

Austrālijas karte

Austrālija ir vienīgā valsts pasaulē, kuras teritorija aizņem visu kontinentu

Australia is the only country in the world whose territory occupies a whole continent

Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)


Jaunzēlande

Jaunzēlande (nominative singular)
Jaunzēlandes (genitive singular)
Jaunzēlandei (dative singular)
Jaunzēlandi (accusative singular)
Jaunzēlandi (instrumental singular)
Jaunzēlandē (locative singular)
Jaunzēlande (singular vocative)

Calque of Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland (“New Zealand”), probably via other European languages.

Jaunzēlandes karogs

Kivi ir putni kas dzīvo tikai Jaunzēlandē

kiwis are birds that live only in New Zealand

Jaunzēlande ir divi salas Klusajā okeānā dienvidos tuvu Austrālijai

New Zealand is two islands in the south of the Pacific Ocean near Australia

New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Īrija

Īrija (nominative singular)
Īrijas (genitive singular)
Īrijai (dative singular)
Īriju (accusative singular)
Īriju (instrumental singular)
Īrijā (locative singular)
Īrija (singular vocative)

Īrija ir trešā lielākā sala Eiropā

Ireland is the third biggest island in Europe

Īrijas republika

Īrijas prezidents

Īrijas galvaspilsēta ir Dublina

Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)


Īslande

Īslande (nominative singular)
Īslandes (genitive singular)
Īslandei (dative singular)
Īslandi (accusative singular)
Īslandi (instrumental singular)
Īslandē (locative singular)
Īslande (singular vocative)

alternative form of Islande: Iceland (an island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe)


Šrilanka

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)


Singapūra

Singapūra (nominative singular)
Singapūras (genitive singular)
Singapūrai (dative singular)
Singapūru (accusative singular)
Singapūru (instrumental singular)
Singapūrā (locative singular)
Singapūra (singular vocative)

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965))


Maldīvija

Maldīvija (nominative singular)
Maldīvijas (genitive singular)
Maldīvijai (dative singular)
Maldīviju (accusative singular)
Maldīviju (instrumental singular)
Maldīvijā (locative singular)
Maldīvija (singular vocative)

Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)


Kipra

Kipra (nominative singular)
Kipras (genitive singular)
Kiprai (dative singular)
Kipru (accusative singular)
Kipru (instrumental singular)
Kiprā (locative singular)
Kipra (singular vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin Cyprus (itself from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros)), made into a feminine 4th-declension noun.

Kipras sala

Kipra ir lielākā sala Vidusjūras austrumu daļā

Cyprus is the largest island in the eastern part of the Mediterranean

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Kipras karogs

Kipra ir salu valsts Vidusjūrā

Cyprus is an island country in the Mediterranean

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia) (country in the Mediterranean, consisting of the island of Cyprus)


Grenāda

Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Barbadosa

Barbadosa (nominative singular)
Barbadosas (genitive singular)
Barbadosai (dative singular)
Barbadosu (accusative singular)
Barbadosu (instrumental singular)
Barbadosā (locative singular)
Barbadosa (singular vocative)

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Lielbritānija

Lielbritānija (nominative singular)
Lielbritānijas (genitive singular)
Lielbritānijai (dative singular)
Lielbritāniju (accusative singular)
Lielbritāniju (instrumental singular)
Lielbritānijā (locative singular)
Lielbritānija (singular vocative)

From liels (“big, great”) + Britānija (“Britain, Brittany”), following the example of other European languages (English Great Britain, German Großbritannien, French Grande-Bretagne, etc.).

compound

Lielbritānijas un Ziemeļīrijas Apvienotā Karaliste

Lielbritānija ir astotā lielākā sala pasaulē, kā arī vislielākā sala Eiropā.

Great Britain is the eighth largest island in the world, and also the largest island in Europe.

Great Britain
Great Britain#English:_Q23666

Great Britain (a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales)


Britu salas

Britu salas (nominative plural)
Britu salu (genitive plural)
Britu salām (dative plural)
Britu salas (accusative plural)
Britu salām (instrumental plural)
Britu salās (locative plural)
Britu salas (plural vocative)

uz Britu salām atrodas neatkarīgas valstis Apvienotā Karaliste (Lielbritānija) un Īrija

on the British Isles are located the independent states of the United Kingdom (Great Britain) and Ireland

Apvienotā Karaliste
Apvienotā Karaliste#Latvian

(loosely) the United Kingdom (syn. Apvienotā Karaliste)


Britānija

Britānija (nominative singular)
Britānijas (genitive singular)
Britānijai (dative singular)
Britāniju (accusative singular)
Britāniju (instrumental singular)
Britānijā (locative singular)
Britānija (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Russian Брита́нія (Británija), from Latin Britania.

bor+

Britain (great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity)


Taivāna

Taivāna (nominative singular)
Taivānas (genitive singular)
Taivānai (dative singular)
Taivānu (accusative singular)
Taivānu (instrumental singular)
Taivānā (locative singular)
Taivāna (singular vocative)

Anping District
lv:Taivāna (sala)
lv:Ķīnas Republika

Via other European languages, ultimately from Mandarin 臺灣 /台湾 (Táiwān) and possibly Japanese 臺灣(たいわん) (taiwan), both from Literary Chinese 臺灣, from Hokkien 大員 (Tāi-oân), 大圓, 臺員, 大灣, 臺灣, etc., a placename initially referring to a sandbank peninsula that later silted up now wholly part of the island in the area of modern-day Anping District, Tainan, and eventually became the name of the entire island. The original placename itself was likely originally a loanword transcription from possibly Siraya.

Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands)

Taivānas karogs

Ķīnas republika Taivānā

šobrīd Taivānas suverenitāti atzīst tikai 23 valstis

currently only 23 countries recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan

Taiwan (an island between the Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea in East Asia)


Bahreina

Bahreina (nominative singular)
Bahreinas (genitive singular)
Bahreinai (dative singular)
Bahreinu (accusative singular)
Bahreinu (instrumental singular)
Bahreinā (locative singular)
Bahreina (singular vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately from Arabic اَلْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn), the dual form of بَحْر (baḥr, “sea”), i.e., literally “the two seas.”

uder

اَلْبَحْرَيْن

Bahreinas karogs

Bahreinas ekonomika

pēdējos gados Bahreinā ir attīstījies tūrisms

in recent years, tourism has developed in Bahrain

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


Indonēzija

Indonēzija (nominative singular)
Indonēzijas (genitive singular)
Indonēzijai (dative singular)
Indonēziju (accusative singular)
Indonēziju (instrumental singular)
Indonēzijā (locative singular)
Indonēzija (singular vocative)

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Madagaskara

Madagaskara (nominative singular)
Madagaskaras (genitive singular)
Madagaskarai (dative singular)
Madagaskaru (accusative singular)
Madagaskaru (instrumental singular)
Madagaskarā (locative singular)
Madagaskara (singular vocative)

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


Futuna

Futuna (nominative singular)
Futunas (genitive singular)
Futunai (dative singular)
Futunu (accusative singular)
Futunu (instrumental singular)
Futunā (locative singular)
Futuna (singular vocative)


Antigva un Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English:_Q781

Antigua and Barbuda (a country consisting of two islands in the Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda)


Roda

Roda (nominative singular)
Rodas (genitive singular)
Rodai (dative singular)
Rodu (accusative singular)
Rodu (instrumental singular)
Rodā (locative singular)
Roda (singular vocative)


Kaboverde

Kaboverde (nominative singular)
Kaboverdes (genitive singular)
Kaboverdei (dative singular)
Kaboverdi (accusative singular)
Kaboverdi (instrumental singular)
Kaboverdē (locative singular)
Kaboverde (singular vocative)

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Martinika

Martinika (nominative singular)
Martinikas (genitive singular)
Martinikai (dative singular)
Martiniku (accusative singular)
Martiniku (instrumental singular)
Martinikā (locative singular)
Martinika (singular vocative)

Martinique (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, in the Caribbean)


Sentvinsenta un Grenadīnas

head

Sentvinsenta un Grenadīnas f (4th declension)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English:_Q757

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean, comprising the islands of Saint Vincent and the island chain of the Grenadines)


Maurīcija

Maurīcija (nominative singular)
Maurīcijas (genitive singular)
Maurīcijai (dative singular)
Maurīciju (accusative singular)
Maurīciju (instrumental singular)
Maurīcijā (locative singular)
Maurīcija (singular vocative)

Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)


Puertoriko

Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)


Havajas

Havajas (nominative plural)
Havaju (genitive plural)
Havajām (dative plural)
Havajas (accusative plural)
Havajām (instrumental plural)
Havajās (locative plural)
Havajas (plural vocative)

(specifically) Hawaii, Hawaii Island (an island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States)


Mikronēzija

Mikronēzija (nominative singular)
Mikronēzijas (genitive singular)
Mikronēzijai (dative singular)
Mikronēziju (accusative singular)
Mikronēziju (instrumental singular)
Mikronēzijā (locative singular)
Mikronēzija (singular vocative)

Micronesia (a country consisting of about 2000 islands in the Micronesia region)


Māršala Salas

Māršala Salas (nominative plural)
Māršala Salu (genitive plural)
Māršala Salām (dative plural)
Māršala Salas (accusative plural)
Māršala Salām (instrumental plural)
Māršala Salās (locative plural)
Māršala Salas (plural vocative)

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (a country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Zālamana Salas

Zālamana Salas (nominative plural)
Zālamana Salu (genitive plural)
Zālamana Salām (dative plural)
Zālamana Salas (accusative plural)
Zālamana Salām (instrumental plural)
Zālamana Salās (locative plural)
Zālamana Salas (plural vocative)

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands (a country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)


Santome un Prinsipi

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English:_Q1039

São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago of Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean)


Grenlande

Grenlande (nominative singular)
Grenlandes (genitive singular)
Grenlandei (dative singular)
Grenlandi (accusative singular)
Grenlandi (instrumental singular)
Grenlandē (locative singular)
Grenlande (singular vocative)

Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)


Reinjona

Reinjona (nominative singular)
Reinjonas (genitive singular)
Reinjonai (dative singular)
Reinjonu (accusative singular)
Reinjonu (instrumental singular)
Reinjonā (locative singular)
Reinjona (singular vocative)

Réunion (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar)


Majota

Majota (nominative singular)
Majotas (genitive singular)
Majotai (dative singular)
Majotu (accusative singular)
Majotu (instrumental singular)
Majotā (locative singular)
Majota (singular vocative)

territorial collectivity
territorial collectivity

Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)


Zālamana salas

Zālamana salas (nominative plural)
Zālamana salu (genitive plural)
Zālamana salām (dative plural)
Zālamana salas (accusative plural)
Zālamana salām (instrumental plural)
Zālamana salās (locative plural)
Zālamana salas (plural vocative)

Solomon Islands (only islands, not country)


ASV Virdžīnas

ASV Virdžīnas (nominative plural)
ASV Virdžīnu (genitive plural)
ASV Virdžīnām (dative plural)
ASV Virdžīnas (accusative plural)
ASV Virdžīnām (instrumental plural)
ASV Virdžīnās (locative plural)
ASV Virdžīnas (plural vocative)

United States Virgin Islands#English:_Q11703

United States Virgin Islands (an archipelago and dependent territory of the United States, part of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean)


Britu Virdžīnas

Britu Virdžīnas (nominative plural)
Britu Virdžīnu (genitive plural)
Britu Virdžīnām (dative plural)
Britu Virdžīnas (accusative plural)
Britu Virdžīnām (instrumental plural)
Britu Virdžīnās (locative plural)
Britu Virdžīnas (plural vocative)

British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands#English:_Q25305

British Virgin Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean)


Folklenda salas

Folklenda salas (nominative plural)
Folklenda salu (genitive plural)
Folklenda salām (dative plural)
Folklenda salas (accusative plural)
Folklenda salām (instrumental plural)
Folklenda salās (locative plural)
Folklenda salas (plural vocative)

Falkland Islands (only islands, not dependency)


Angiļa

Angiļa (nominative singular)
Angiļas (genitive singular)
Angiļai (dative singular)
Angiļu (accusative singular)
Angiļu (instrumental singular)
Angiļā (locative singular)
Angiļa (singular vocative)

Anguilla (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean Sea)


Amerikāņu Samoa

American Samoa (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United States in Polynesia)


Komoru salas

Komoru salas (nominative plural)
Komoru salu (genitive plural)
Komoru salām (dative plural)
Komoru salas (accusative plural)
Komoru salām (instrumental plural)
Komoru salās (locative plural)
Komoru salas (plural vocative)

Comoro Islands (only islands, not country)


Komoras

Komoras (nominative plural)
Komoru (genitive plural)
Komorām (dative plural)
Komoras (accusative plural)
Komorām (instrumental plural)
Komorās (locative plural)
Komoras (plural vocative)

Comoros (a country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Svētās Helēnas Sala

Svētās Helēnas Sala (nominative singular)
Svētās Helēnas Salas (genitive singular)
Svētās Helēnas Salai (dative singular)
Svētās Helēnas Salu (accusative singular)
Svētās Helēnas Salu (instrumental singular)
Svētās Helēnas Salā (locative singular)
Svētās Helēnas Sala (singular vocative)

Saint Helena
Saint Helena#English:_Q34497

British overseas territory
British overseas territory

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha#English

Saint Helena (an island and constituent part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located in the South Atlantic Ocean)


Trinidāda un Tobāgo

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English:_Q754

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands and several smaller islands in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela)


Trinidāda

Trinidāda (nominative singular)
Trinidādas (genitive singular)
Trinidādai (dative singular)
Trinidādu (accusative singular)
Trinidādu (instrumental singular)
Trinidādā (locative singular)
Trinidāda (singular vocative)


Volisa un Futuna

Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna#English

Wallis and Futuna (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)