Latvija

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.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [latvija]

• Audio:

  (file)

Latvija f (4th declension)

1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe; official name: Latvijas Republika; capital and largest city: Rīga)

   Latvijas karogs ― flag of Latvia

   Latvijas karte ― map of Latvia

   Dievs, svētī Latviju ― God bless Latvia

   Latvijā ir 76 pilsētas, no kurām divās (Rīgā un Daugavpilī) dzīvo vairāk par 100 000 iedzīvotāju ― in Latvia (there) are 76 cities, in two of which (Rīga and Daugavpils) (there) are more than 100 000 inhabitants

• Latve

• latvis, latve
• latviešu valoda
• latvietis, latviete
• latvisks

• → English: Latvia
  • ⇒? Japanese: ラトビア (Ratobia)
• ⇒ Japanese: ラトビア (Ratobia)

From lãtvis +‎ -ija.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaːtʲʋʲɪjɛ]
• Hyphenation: Lat‧vi‧ja

Lãtvija f (uncountable, relational adjective lãtviškas, demonym lãtvis, female demonym lãtvė) stress pattern 1

1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe; official name: Lãtvijos Respùblika; capital and largest city: Ryga)

• “Latvija”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• “Latvija” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)

• Lètōnija

Làtvija f (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀твија)

1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

• IPA^(key): /làːtʋija/

Látvija f

1. Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

• Látvijec / Látvijka
• látvijski
• látvijščina

• “Latvija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Latvija”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references