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Definitions: Latvian |
LatvianAdjective1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Latvia or its people or language. Noun1. A native or inhabitant of Latvia. 2. The official language of Latvia; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geography | Inhabitant of Latvia. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Latvian."
Synonym: LatvianSynonym: Lettish (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Latvian |
| Non-English Usage: "Latvian" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Cebuano (Latvian), Samoan (Latvian). |
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Screenplays | I'm gonna convert to Latvian Orthodox, just to be with her. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Couples in traditional Latvian dress folk dancing at fishermen's festival, Riga, Latvia.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Business | Leading suppliers are the U.S. company IFS International, and the Latvian company TIETO KONTS. (references) | |
Another important perfume supplier is Latvian Dzintars, which plans to open a manufacturing facility in Russia. (references) | ||
In analyzing foreign presence in the Ukrainian market for credit card processing equipment and software, it must be noted that the U.S. companies have the lead. Among their major competitors are German Siemens AG, and the Latvian Software Company TIETO KONTS. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Latvia | Jews are considered an ethnic group and are listed as such rather than as Latvian, Russian, or other. (references) |
Latvia | Both Latvian and Russian language newspapers publish a wide range of political criticism and viewpoints. (references) | |
Latvia | At least 51 percent of television broadcasts must be of European origin of which 40 percent should be in the Latvian language; however, these provisions are not always implemented. (references) | |
Economic History | Latvia | State language: Latvian. (references) |
Latvia | Employment issues are covered by the Latvian Labor Code. (references) | |
Latvia | The oldest known examples of written Latvian are from a 1585 catechism. (references) | |
Human Rights | Latvia | Domestic groups, such as the Latvian Center for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies, closely monitored prison conditions during the year. (references) |
Latvia | In July 2000, Lavent filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights accusing the Latvian courts of violating his right to a fair and speedy trial. (references) | |
Minorities | Latvia | If a public event is coorganized by the State, one of the working languages must be Latvian. (references) |
Political Economy | Latvia | In April 2001, Latvian President Vike-Freiberga became the first Baltic president to meet with President Bush. (references) |
Latvia | The approval was widely acknowledged as a significant step in Latvia's efforts to strengthen the Latvian language while protecting the rights of the Russian minority. (references) | |
Latvia | Despite Latvian efforts, including a high profile meeting between Presidents Vike-Frieberga and Vladimir Putin, Russia has yet to become seriously engaged in a meaningful dialog. (references) | |
Trade | Latvia | Latvian Commercial Banks' total assets were USD 5 billion at the end of June 2001. (references) |
Latvia | Latvian government maintains no controls over the import, export, use or exchange of foreign currencies in Latvia. (references) | |
Latvia | Latvian banks have already joined the international accounting system SWIFT which provides standardization, effectiveness and security. (references) | |
Travel | Latvia | After 6 months, Americans must apply for a Latvian Drivers' License. (references) |
Latvia | Latvian main roads are slowly being upgraded after years of little or no maintenance. (references) | |
Latvia | DUAL NATIONALITY: Dual nationals may be subject to Latvian laws, which impose special obligations. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Latvia | Statistics released by European police services indicate that the number of Latvian women involved as victims of trafficking increased. (references) |
Latvia | On December 10, the Council for Latvian Youth (a Latvian NGO) and the International Organization for Adolescents held a seminar in the town of Dubulti to inform other youth-oriented NGO's about trafficking. (references) | |
Latvia | According to authorities in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, and Denmark, Latvian women make up a disproportionately high number of the women engaged in prostitution in those countries as well as a high number of trafficked women in those countries in general. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Latvian" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.01% of the time. "Latvian" is used about 151 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.01% | 148 | 25,903 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.32% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.66% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 151 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Latvian": latvian soviet socialist republic ♦ latvian woman. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Latvian": latvian-recruited. | |
Ending with "Latvian": estonian-latvian, ethnic-latvian. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
latvian | 64 |
latvian woman | 29 |
latvian language | 15 |
latvian girl | 14 |
latvian bride | 13 |
latvian dictionary | 11 |
embassy latvian | 10 |
latvian recipe | 10 |
bank latvian | 7 |
hound latvian | 5 |
latvian translation | 5 |
jewelry latvian | 5 |
latvian name | 5 |
latvian porn | 5 |
latvian radio | 5 |
latvian translator | 5 |
latvian phrase | 4 |
history latvian | 4 |
latvian flag | 4 |
latvian model | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Latvian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | Lets (Lettish), Let (Lett). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | letonisht, leton (Lett, lettish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asturian | Letoniu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | латвийски език (lettish), латвиец. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cebuano | Latvian. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 拉脱维亚. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lotyština (lettish), lotyšský, lotyš. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lette (to get under way). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Lets (Lettish), Letlander (Lett), Let (Lett). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | latvo (Lett), latva (Lettish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | lettiskt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | latvialainen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | letton. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | Letsk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | lettisch (lettish), lettin (Lett), lette (Lett). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Λεττονός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lett (Latvian woman, Lett), lettországi (lettish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lettone (Lett, lettic, lettish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Latvish (Lett), Latvagh (Lett). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atvianlay letão (Laud, Lett, letter, Lettish, lettuce). (various references) leton. (various references) limba letonã (lettish), leton (Lett, lettish, lettonian). (various references) латвийский. (various references) Latvian. (various references) letonski jezik (lettish), letonski (lettish), letonac (lett). (various references) letón (Lett, lettish). (various references) lettisk (lettish). (various references) letonya'lı (Lett, lettish), letonya dili, letonya (Latvia). (various references) латвійський, латиська мова (lettish), латиський (lettish), латишка, латиш. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Latvian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ativan, Flavien, Lastovka, Lavina, Lietuvai, Litva, Litvak, Ludovina, luvian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: valiant. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-n-t-v" | |
-2 letters: alant, anvil, avail, avant, avian, lanai, liana, natal, naval, nival, vinal, vital. | |
-3 letters: alan, alit, anal, anil, anta, anti, lain, lati, lava, lint, nail, tail, tain, tala, tali, vail, vain, vial, vina, vita. | |
-4 letters: aal, ail, ain, ait, ala, alt, ana, ani, ant, ava, lat, lav, lin, lit, nil, nit, tan, tav, til, tin, van, vat, via. | |
-5 letters: aa, ai, al, an, at, in, it, la, li, na, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-n-t-v" | |
+1 letter: aventail, galivant, lavation, valiants. | |
+2 letters: antiviral, aventails, galivants, gallivant, lavations, leviathan, salvation, valiantly, valuating, valuation, vaticinal. | |
+3 letters: ambivalent, evaluating, evaluation, galivanted, gallivants, intravital, invalidate, leviathans, lovastatin, salivating, salivation, salvations, travailing, validating, validation, valuations, vocational. | |
+4 letters: adventitial, alleviating, alleviation, alternative, antislavery, autoclaving, avocational, clairvoyant, devaluating, devaluation, evaluations, explanative, galavanting, galivanting, gallivanted, invalidated, invalidates, invalidator, lovastatins, narratively, revaluating, revaluation, salivations, salvational, translative, vacillating, vacillation, vacuolation, valiantness, validations, valuational, vandalistic, variational, vibrational, vulcanisate, vulcanizate. | |
+5 letters: alleviations, alternatives, ambivalently, antediluvian, avuncularity, clairvoyants, derivational, devaluations, excavational, gallivanting, innovational, intravitally, invalidating, invalidation, invalidators, invitational, invocational, levitational, malversation, manipulative, motivational, navigability, navigational, postvaccinal, quadrivalent, reevaluating, reevaluation, revalidating, revalidation, revaluations, salvationism, salvationist, substantival, transvaluing, unalleviated, unambivalent, vacationland, vacillations, vacuolations, valetudinary, valorization, vasodilation, vegetational, velarization, vitalization, vocalization, vocationally, vulcanisates, vulcanizates. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 74 76 69 61 6E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- - ...- .. .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01110100 01110110 01101001 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a t v i a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0074 0076 0069 0061 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46678688756780 |
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