Jūrmala

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Jūrmala

1. A resort city in the Vidzeme region, Latvia.

From jūrmala (“seaside”), itself a compound from jūra (“sea”) +‎ mala (“edge, shore”).

• IPA^(key): [jūːɾmala]

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Jūrmala f (4th declension)

1. Jūrmala (a resort city in the Vidzeme region, Latvia)

   Jūrmalas pilsētas karte ― a map of the city of Jūrmala

   Jūrmalas pilsētā ir 11 peldvietas ― in the city of Jūrmala there are 11 swimming places

   Jūrmala ir lielākā piejūras kūrortpilsēta Baltijas valstīs ― Jūrmala is the largest seaside resort city in the Baltic countries

• jūrmalnieks, jūrmalniece

• Norwegian Bokmål: Jūrmala

From Latvian Jūrmala (“Jūrmala”), from jūrmala (“seaside”), itself a compound from jūra (“sea”) +‎ mala (“edge, shore”), first part from Proto-Baltic or Proto-Balto-Slavic *jaur-, *jūr-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-, *ūr- with an added initial y, from *aw-, *awe- (“to wet, to moisten, to flow”) with a suffix -r + last part from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːrmala/

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: Jūr‧ma‧la

Jūrmala

1. Jūrmala (a resort town in Latvia)

   Jūrmala var et av de mest populære badebyene i Sovjetunionen

   Jūrmala was one of the most popular seaside resorts in the Soviet Union

• “Jūrmala” in Store norske leksikon