Latvia

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia.

    "In early July, I returned to Europe for the G-7 summit in Naples. On the way, I stopped in Riga, Latvia, to meet with the leaders of the Baltic states and celebrate the withdrawal of Russian troops from Lithuania and Latvia, a move we had helped to speed up by providing a large number of housing vouchers for Russian officers who wanted to go home."

Synonyms

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lettlandrepublic of latvia

Example

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"A "chek-chek" festival took place in Latvia."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latvian Latvija.

Related phrases

baltic sealatvian ssr

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