svešatne

From svešs (“unknown, foreign, strange”) +‎ -atne.

svešatne f (5th declension)

1. unknown land, country, territory; foreign land, country

   Niklāva bērnība aizrītēja svešatnē nelatviskā vidē ― Niklāvs' childhood was spent in a foreign land, in a non-Latvian environment

   lai cik gausi vilkās gadi tur svešatnē, viens desmits tomēr nomainīja otru ― despite how sluggishly the years passed there in a foreign land (= abroad), (finally) one decade replaced another

• ārzeme
• svešums

• svešinieks, svešiniece
• svešs, svešāds
• svešums