Arābija
Latvian
Etymology
From arābs (“Arab”) + -ija. Probably not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from some other European language.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Arābija f (4th declension)
- Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
- (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)
- Arābijas pussala ― Arabian Peninsula
- Arābijas jūra ― Arabian Sea
- Arābijas plātne ― Arabian (tectonic) plate
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Arābija | — |
| genitive | Arābijas | — |
| dative | Arābijai | — |
| accusative | Arābiju | — |
| instrumental | Arābiju | — |
| locative | Arābijā | — |
| vocative | Arābija | — |