Lettonia

Meaning

Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)

Concepts

Latvia

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Low Saxon

Republic of Latvia

Translations

Letonya

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Letònia

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Lettland

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Lettonie

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Lettonia

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Letland

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Letonia

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Letónia

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Λεττονία

لاتفيا

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Letònia

Letonya

Letônia

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Republik Lettland

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɫɛtˈtɔ.ni.a]

Etymology

Formed as Lettonēs (“Latvians”) + -ia (“land of”), which is equivalent to German Lettland; the first element is a borrowing from German, and the short o is an apparent imitation of the names of Gaulish tribes, or of Greek.