LATVIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Latvia mean? 

• LATVIA (noun)
  The noun LATVIA has 1 sense:

1. a republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea

  Familiarity information: LATVIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATVIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Latvia; Republic of Latvia

Instance hypernyms:

Baltic Republic; Baltic State (European countries bordering the Baltic Sea)

Meronyms (parts of "Latvia"):

Livonia (a region on the Baltic that is divided between northern Estonia and southern Latvia)

capital of Latvia; Riga (a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League)

Liepaja (a city of southwestern Latvia on the Baltic Sea)

Daugavpils (a city of southeastern Latvia)

Meronyms (members of "Latvia"):

Latvian (a native or inhabitant of Latvia)

Holonyms ("Latvia" is a part of...):

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Derivation:

Latvian (of or relating to or characteristic of Latvia or its people or language)

 Context examples 

A country in Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia.

(Lithuania, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia.

(Lithuania, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Finland.

(Estonia, NCI Thesaurus)