Valmiera

Valmiera

1. The largest city in the Vidzeme region, in north-central Latvia.

• Marieval, Val Marie

Via various forms (Waldemer, Wolmaria, Wolmahr, Vladimirec, Wolmar), ultimately from the male name Waldemar (Germanic) or Vladimir (Slavic). Some consider this to be the name of the 13th-century Danish king Valdemar the Great; others, that of the 13th-century Prince of Pskov, Vladimir Mstislavič.

• IPA^(key): [vàlmīɛ̄ɾa]

• Audio:

  (file)

Valmiera f (4th declension)

1. Valmiera (the largest city in the Vidzeme region, in north-central Latvia)

   Valmiera ir viena no senākajām Latvijas pilsētām ― Valmiera is one of the oldest cities of Latvia

   2011. gadā Valmierā dzīvoja 25 130 iedzīvotāji ― in the year 2011, 25 130 inhabitants lived in Valmiera

   Valmieras Kultūras centrs ― the Culture Centre of Valmiera

• valmiernieks, valmierniece