Latvia

See also: latvia, Látvia, and Lát-vi-a

English

Location of Latvia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latvian Latvija.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæt.vi.ə/, /ˈlɑːt.vi.ə/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Latvia

2. A country in North Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia.

   Synonym: Lettland

   • 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life‎^[1], volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 185:

     In early July, I returned to Europe for the G-7 summit in Naples. On the way, I stopped in Riga, Latvia, to meet with the leaders of the Baltic states and celebrate the withdrawal of Russian troops from Lithuania and Latvia, a move we had helped to speed up by providing a large number of housing vouchers for Russian officers who wanted to go home.

Related terms

• Latvian
• Latvian SSR
• Lettish

Translations

country

• Abkhaz: Латвиа (Latʼvja)
• Acehnese: Latvia
• Afrikaans: Letland
• Albanian: Letoni f, Letonia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ላትቪያ (latviya)
• Arabic: لَاتْفِيَا f (lātfiyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: لاتفيا f (lātfiya, lātviya)

• Armenian: Լատվիա (hy) (Latvia)
• Assamese: লাটভিয়া (latbhia)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܲܬܒ݂ܝܼܵܐ f (Lātviya)
• Asturian: Letonia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Latviya (az)
• Bashkir: Латвия (Latviya)
• Basque: Letonia (eu)
• Belarusian: Ла́твія f (Látvija)
• Bengali: লাতভিয়া (bn) (latbhiẏa)
• Breton: Latvia
• Bulgarian: Ла́твия (bg) f (Látvija)
• Burmese: လတ်ဗီယာ (latbiya)
• Buryat: Латви (Latvi)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ла́твія f (Látvija)
• Catalan: Letònia (ca) f
• Chechen: Латви (Latʷi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 拉脫維亞／拉脱维亚 (laai¹ tyut³ wai⁴ aa³)

  Mandarin: 拉脫維亞／拉脱维亚 (zh) (Lātuōwéiyà)

  Wu: 拉脫維亞／拉脱维亚 (¹la-theq-vi-ia)

• Chuvash: Латви (Latvi)
• Corsican: Lettonia f
• Crimean Tatar: Latviya
• Czech: Lotyšsko (cs) n
• Danish: Letland (da)
• Dhivehi: ލެޓުވިއާ (leṭuviā)
• Dutch: Letland (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ལེཊི་བི་ཡ (leṭi bi ya)
• Esperanto: Latvio, Latvujo
• Estonian: Läti (et)
• Farefare: Latgɔ
• Faroese: Lettland n
• Finnish: Latvia (fi), Lätti (fi)
• French: Lettonie (fr) f
• Friulian: Letonie f
• Galician: Letonia (gl) f
• Georgian: ლატვია (ka) (laṭvia)
• German: Lettland (de) n
• Greek: Λεττονία (el) f (Lettonía)
• Gujarati: લાટવિયા (lāṭviyā)
• Hausa: Latvia, Latibiya
• Hawaiian: Lakawia
• Hebrew: לטוויה \ לַטְוִיָּה f (lat'viyá)
• Hindi: लातविया (hi) m (lātviyā), लाटविया m (lāṭviyā)
• Hungarian: Lettország (hu)
• Icelandic: Lettland (is) n
• Ido: Latvia (io)
• Indonesian: Latvia (id)
• Irish: An Laitvia f, Poblacht na Laitvia f
• Italian: Lettonia (it) f
• Japanese: ラトビア (ja) (Ratobia), ラトヴィア (ja) (Ratovia)
• Kannada: ಲಾಟ್ವಿಯ (kn) (lāṭviya)
• Kashubian: Łotwa f
• Kazakh: Латвия (kk) (Latviä)
• Khmer: ឡេតូនី (leetounii)
• Korean: 라트비아 (ko) (Rateubia), 라뜨비야 (ko) (Ratteubiya) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Letonya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Латвия (ky) (Latviya)
• Lao: ແລດໂຕນີ (lǣt tō nī), ລັດເວຍ (lat wīa)
• Latgalian: Latveja f
• Latin: Lettonia f (New Latin)
• Latvian: Latvija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Latvija (lt) f

  Samogitian: Latvėjė f

• Livonian: Lețmō
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Letlaand n

  German Low German: Lettland (nds) n

• Macedonian: Летонија (mk) f (Letonija)
• Malay: Latvia (ms)
• Malayalam: ലാത്വിയ (lātviya)
• Maltese: il-Latvja f
• Maori: Rāwhia
• Marathi: लाटविया (lāṭviyā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Латви (mn) (Latvi)

  Mongolian: ᠯᠠᠲ᠋ᠸᠢ (latwi)

• Navajo: Dahńdzílgaiʼnii Bikéyah
• Nepali: लात्भिया (lātbhiyā)
• Norman: Lettonnie f (Jersey), Létonîn (continental Normandy)
• Northern Sami: Látvia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Latvia (no) n

  Nynorsk: Latvia (nn) n

• Occitan: Letònia (oc) f
• Odia: ଲାଟଭିଆ (lāṭabhiā)
• Ossetian: Латви (Latvi)
• Pashto: ليتونيا f (litonyā), لتويا f (latwyā)
• Pennsylvania German: Lettlond
• Persian:

  Dari: لَاتْوِیَا (fa) (lātwiyā)

  Iranian Persian: لِتونی (letoni), لاتْوِیا (fa) (lâtviyâ), لِتْلَنْد (letland)

• Polish: Łotwa (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: Letônia (pt) f

  European: Letónia (pt) f

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਲਾਤਵੀਆ m (lātvīā)

• Romanian: Letonia (ro) f
• Russian: Ла́твия (ru) f (Látvija)
• Scots: Latvie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лѐто̄нија f, Ла̀твија f

  Roman: Lètōnija (sh) f, Làtvija (sh) f

• Silesian: Łotwa f
• Sinhalese: ලැට්වියාව (læṭwiyāwa)
• Slovak: Lotyšsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Látvija f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Letiska f

  Upper Sorbian: Letiska f

• Spanish: Letonia (es) f
• Swedish: Lettland (sv) n
• Tagalog: Letonya, Latbiya
• Tajik: Латвия (tg) (Latviya)
• Tamil: லாத்வியா (lātviyā)
• Tatar: Латвия (Latwiyä)
• Telugu: లాట్వియా (te) (lāṭviyā)
• Thai: ลัตเวีย (th) (lát-wiia)
• Tibetan: ལ་ཊ་ཝིཡ (la ṭa wiy)
• Tigrinya: ላትቪያ (latviya)
• Turkish: Letonya (tr)
• Turkmen: Latwiýa
• Ukrainian: Ла́твія (uk) f (Látvija)
• Urdu: لَٹْوِیا m (laṭviyā)
• Uyghur: لاتۋىيە (latwiye)
• Uzbek: Latviya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Lát-vi-a
• Volapük: Latviyän (vo)
• Võro: Läti
• Welsh: Latfia (cy)
• West Frisian: Letlân (fy) n
• Yakut: Латвия (Latviya)
• Yiddish: לעטלאַנד n (letland), לאַטוויע f (latvye)
• Yoruba: Latifia

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Anagrams

• avital

Acehnese

Proper noun

Latvia

1. Latvia

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latvian Latvija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑtʋiɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝t̪ʋiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtʋiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Lat‧vi‧a

Proper noun

Latvia

1. Latvia

   Synonym: (dated) Lätti

Declension

Inflection of Latvia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Latvia	—
genitive		Latvian	—
partitive		Latviaa	—
illative		Latviaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Latvia	—
accusative	nom.	Latvia	—
	gen.	Latvian
genitive		Latvian	—
partitive		Latviaa	—
inessive		Latviassa	—
elative		Latviasta	—
illative		Latviaan	—
adessive		Latvialla	—
ablative		Latvialta	—
allative		Latvialle	—
essive		Latviana	—
translative		Latviaksi	—
abessive		Latviatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Latvia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Latviani — accusative nom. Latviani — gen. Latviani genitive Latviani — partitive Latviaani — inessive Latviassani — elative Latviastani — illative Latviaani — adessive Latviallani — ablative Latvialtani — allative Latvialleni — essive Latvianani — translative Latviakseni — abessive Latviattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Latviasi — accusative nom. Latviasi — gen. Latviasi genitive Latviasi — partitive Latviaasi — inessive Latviassasi — elative Latviastasi — illative Latviaasi — adessive Latviallasi — ablative Latvialtasi — allative Latviallesi — essive Latvianasi — translative Latviaksesi — abessive Latviattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Latviamme — accusative nom. Latviamme — gen. Latviamme genitive Latviamme — partitive Latviaamme — inessive Latviassamme — elative Latviastamme — illative Latviaamme — adessive Latviallamme — ablative Latvialtamme — allative Latviallemme — essive Latvianamme — translative Latviaksemme — abessive Latviattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Latvianne — accusative nom. Latvianne — gen. Latvianne genitive Latvianne — partitive Latviaanne — inessive Latviassanne — elative Latviastanne — illative Latviaanne — adessive Latviallanne — ablative Latvialtanne — allative Latviallenne — essive Latviananne — translative Latviaksenne — abessive Latviattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Latviansa — accusative nom. Latviansa — gen. Latviansa genitive Latviansa — partitive Latviaansa — inessive Latviassaan Latviassansa — elative Latviastaan Latviastansa — illative Latviaansa — adessive Latviallaan Latviallansa — ablative Latvialtaan Latvialtansa — allative Latvialleen Latviallensa — essive Latvianaan Latvianansa — translative Latviakseen Latviaksensa — abessive Latviattaan Latviattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• latvia
• latvialainen

See also

• (countries of Europe) Euroopan maat; Alankomaat, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaidžan, Belgia, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina, Bulgaria, Espanja, Georgia, Irlanti, Islanti, Iso-Britannia, Italia, Itävalta, Kazakstan, Kreikka, Kroatia, Kypros, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Liettua, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norja, Pohjois-Makedonia, Portugali, Puola, Ranska, Romania, Ruotsi, Saksa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suomi, Sveitsi, Tanska, Tšekki, Turkki, Ukraina, Unkari, Valko-Venäjä, Vatikaani, Venäjä, Viro ^{(Category: fi:Countries in Europe)}

Anagrams

• laivat, taival, talvia, tilava, vaalit, valita

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlatvi̯a/

Proper noun

Latvia

1. Latvia

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

Ingrian

Latvian kartta.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Латвия (Latvija).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑtʋiɑ/, [ˈɫɑtʋe̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑtʋiɑ/, [ˈɫɑd̥ʋiɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑtʋeː, -ɑtʋiɑ
• Hyphenation: Lat‧vi‧a

Proper noun

Latvia

1. Latvia (a country in Europe)

Declension

Declension of Latvia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Latvia	—
genitive	Latvian	—
partitive	Latviaa	—
illative	Latviaa	—
inessive	Latviaas	—
elative	Latviast	—
allative	Latvialle	—
adessive	Latviaal	—
ablative	Latvialt	—
translative	Latviaks	—
essive	Latvianna, Latviaan	—
exessive1)	Latviant	—
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli (1936) P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Latvia

1. Latvia

Related terms

• latvier
• latvisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Latvia

1. Latvia

Related terms

• latviar
• latvisk