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Latve

Latve

See also: latve, latvē, Latvē, and latvė

Latvian

Proper noun

Latve f (5th declension)

  1. (poetic) Latvia
    Saule Latvi sēdināja / Tur, kur gali satiekas ― the Sun placed Latvia / there where the ends meet

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latve

latve

See also: Latve, latvē, Latvē, and latvė

Latvian

Noun

latve f (5th declension, masculine form: latvis)

  1. (poetic, rare) a (female) Latvian, a (female) Lett; a (female) member of the Latvian ethnic group

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The word latve is a poetic synonym of latviete (according to two online dictionaries the LLVV and the SV), but it is no longer current, except (as a proper noun, Latve) as a poetic name for Latvia.

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