"Latvija" meaning in Latvian

See Latvija in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [latvija] Audio: Lv-Latvija.ogg
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. Etymology templates: {{suffix|lv|latvis|ija|gloss1=Latvian, Lett}} latvis (“Latvian, Lett”) + -ija Head templates: {{head|lv|proper noun|4th declension||g=f|g2=|head=}} Latvija f (4th declension), {{lv-proper noun|f|4th}} Latvija f (4th declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|Latvij|a|4th|no-pl||||proper|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-4|Latvij|a|4=no-pl|5=|6=|7=|8=proper|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|Latvija|-|Latviju|-|Latvijas|-|Latvijai|-|Latviju|-|Latvijā|-|Latvija|-|16=|type=4th declension|x=-60}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Latvija [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], Latvijas [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], Latvijai [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], Latviju [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], Latviju [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural], Latvijā [locative, singular], - [locative, plural], Latvija [singular, vocative], - [plural, vocative]
  1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe; official name: Latvijas Republika; capital and largest city: Rīga) Wikipedia link: lv:Latvija Tags: declension-4, feminine Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Europe, Latvia Synonyms: Latve

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "Monako"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nīderlande"
    },
    {
      "word": "Norvēģija"
    },
    {
      "word": "Polija"
    },
    {
      "word": "Portugāle"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rumānija"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sanmarīno"
    },
    {
      "word": "Serbija"
    },
    {
      "word": "Slovākija"
    },
    {
      "word": "Slovēnija"
    },
    {
      "word": "Somija"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spānija"
    },
    {
      "word": "Šveice"
    },
    {
      "word": "Turcija"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ukraina"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ungārija"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vatikāns"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vācija"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ziemeļmaķedonija"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zviedrija"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
        "Latvian feminine nouns",
        "Latvian fourth declension proper nouns",
        "Latvian lemmas",
        "Latvian proper nouns",
        "Latvian terms suffixed with -ija",
        "Latvian terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "lv:Countries",
        "lv:Countries in Europe",
        "lv:Latvia"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "flag of Latvia",
          "text": "Latvijas karogs",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "map of Latvia",
          "text": "Latvijas karte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "God bless Latvia",
          "text": "Dievs, svētī Latviju",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in Latvia (there) are 76 cities, in two of which (Rīga and Daugavpils) (there) are more than 100 000 inhabitants",
          "text": "Latvijā ir 76 pilsētas, no kurām divās (Rīgā un Daugavpilī) dzīvo vairāk par 100 000 iedzīvotāju",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe; official name: Latvijas Republika; capital and largest city: Rīga)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Latvia",
          "Latvia#English:_Q211"
        ],
        [
          "Europe",
          "Europe#English"
        ],
        [
          "Latvijas Republika",
          "Latvijas Republika#Latvian"
        ],
        [
          "Rīga",
          "Rīga#Latvian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "lv:Latvija"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[latvija]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Lv-Latvija.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/Lv-Latvija.ogg/Lv-Latvija.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Lv-Latvija.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Latve"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Latvija"
}

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